Enabling Scanning to an iMac

I have an HP Photosmart 6510 printer which I use for wireless printing and scanning from my iMAc. It worked fine previously with the iMAC and I have no trouble printing to or scanning from my windows machine now.
I recently upgraded to Yosemite on my iMac. When I try to scan, I get a message that scanning is not enabled. When I go to the printer webpage To try to enable scanning, I get a message that I need to "log in to area "Admin" on hpfc4632.local.:80".
It asks for name and password. I have no idea what is being requested - something for the printer or the iMAC? I have tried my iMac names and passwords to no avail. I am not sure what else is needed.
Can anyone or lend a hand?
Barry
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Hi Barry (@Barfar),
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I believe I can help you find another way to enable scan to computer on your Mac running OS X 10.10
Under the FAQ section of this Scanning with the Full Feature HP Software in OS X v10.10 Yosemite document, under Why is my printer not scanning to the computer from the control panel, it will explain another way to enable scan to computer. Are you now able to scan without issue? If not, did the error change at all?
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