Installing a printer on my mac

I'm a college student and I brought my printer from home which is an HP Deskjet 5400 and was going to install it on my Mac but it is saying something about PowerPC applications and i have no idea what that is. Am i going to have to buy a new printer??

saying something about PowerPC applications and i have no idea what that is.
Basically, in layman terms, they are applications that can only run on non-Intel computers.  Support for PowerPC applications I believe stopped with the Lion os system.  Which one do you have?  Your system profile is lacking this information.
Am i going to have to buy a new printer??
More than likely if your printer does meet the system requirements.  You will need to call HP tech support or visit the HP website, look for your model printer & read its system requirements.  If your printer does meet your system requirements, its possible you all you need to do is update the printers drivers.

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