Photosmart C3100 series via NAS

(excuse my English) .. I have a printer connected via NAS-server. For normal printing could default driver in Win 7 64bit. HP Solution Center, however, reports that the printer is not detected via USB. This model is not intended as a network printer, but please advice on whether there is any solution to this printer, doing for the HP Solution Center (scanners, photo editing, etc.) connected via NAS. (eg, driver or any other version of HP Solution Center?). Thank you very much for any information ... diagnostic tools from HP looking for WiFi connection :-(

Hello,
I went to the document you suggested. Still no success.
But as you had underlined a connexion pb, it occured to me that I could try and buy a new USB connecting cable and it worked.
Might have thought of it earlier !
Thank you again for your support
Athanase

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Hi, re-born Mac user here...first time posting to discussions group. Purchased a MacBook last Saturday, also got the HP PhotoSmart C3100 printer at our Apple store. Installed the HP software on the Mac...no issues. However, the printer will permanently reside on a Windows network at home connected to an XP box. I installed the HP software on that PC, with no issues. I run wireless-G from my MacBook to my Windows LAN to already print to a Brother HP Laserprinter. I followed instructions at http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html on how to do setup a network printer on a Windows network for a Mac : Applications : Utilities : Printer Setup Utility (the C3100 IS listed there...but I assume that appeared from my local USB connection..so I proceed on....) : Add : Windows Printing : Workgroup..Select : Printer Model HP : Scroll to find the C3100....but there isn't one....even after installing the HP software on the MacBook. There are some gimp drivers for older series', but nothing for the C3100, even after a successful local install.
I've looked at several posts here for printing (universal drivers and gimp...but none are for the C3100 (prob too new?).
My question: I went through the same procedures noted on ifelix.co.uk to try to install a "network version" of the HP C3100, but since I don't see a C3100, what should I do now ?
I'm thinking I should see a "Have Disk" button like in XP, but was wondering what my next step should be ? Can I pick "Other"...and roam around on the Mac Library and drill down to Library...Printers.....HP...Photosmart ? There is a non-greyed out file there , libHPUtils.10.dylib , but I don't even want to try this MS-style thing being so new to the Mac world.
Anyone have some ideas or suggestions ? Thanks so much for your help, in advance ! It's so much fun to be reunited with the MacOS after a 7 year separation !
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Eric,
As far as I know, resetting the print setup will clear any preferences or caches. I'm not 100% positive, but I believe the hp installed drivers will remain on the system and available. I have both a system supplied and HP vended driver for the printer I'm using with this machine so I can't check it now, but I'm almost certain you won't have to re-install the software.
I have multiple connections to a printer setup on a few machines. For instance, I have one profile for IP printing and another as Bonjour/rendezvous. The limitations for that type of print setup have more to do with the printer than the OS. Some HP printers do make you go through the arduous hp setup process each time you switch the interface (USB, ethernet, wireless). Some printers just work. The main reason you want to use HP software is for special features (scanning, copying, duplexing, photosharing, email, transferring data from printer attached cameras or memory cards, etc).
There's no real reason to not keep as many profiles as you use in your print center. You can rename the printers in the print center based on the interface so that you don't get confused. It's possible that you can bypass a setup routing for a PhotoSmart by just adding it twice. You may need to set something else as a default printer during this procedure.
Desktop printers are good. If you don't want the clutter you can also just drag the printer from Users/you/Library/Printers/ into the dock or into the sidebar of the finder for quick access.
BTW, if you are trying gimp, did you try the latest release of gutenprint (5.0.0 release) http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/
Good Luck,
-j

I have mac os 10.7.4 update for hp photosmart c4100 series printer (printer needs a driver), where do I find a driver?

I have mac os 10.7.4 update for hp photosmart c4100 series printer (printer needs a driver), where do I find a driver?

The last driver that Canon released for the iP6600D was v10.51 for OS X 10.7. You could try downloading and installing this driver via this link.
Note that the driver may not be digitally signed so Gatekeeper will block its installation. To get past Gatekeeper, you can right-click on the installer and select Open from the pop-up menu that appears. You will then be given the option to install the driver.

Printing from My Apple i-pad wireless to my HP Photosmart Plus Series 209B

Unable to print from my Apple i-pad using a wireless Photosmart Plus series - 209B. Says no printer available and finding no where to change that.

Hello 518,
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It would appear that the HP Photosmart Plus 209B is not compatible with AirPrint. Without AirPrint you can only print via an App.
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How to print information from my Apple I pad to my HP Photosmart D110 series printer

How to print information from my Apple I Pad to my HP Photosmart D110 series printer ?

Hello 518,
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It would appear that the HP Photosmart Plus 209B is not compatible with AirPrint. Without AirPrint you can only print via an App.
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HP C3100 Series

I have a c3100 series all in one hp. No fax, just printer, scanner, copier. It did not seem to respond to my commands through the HP controller so I uninstalled the hp software. Inserted the disc and installed. Something failed and installation failed. It prints fine but I don't have any hp folder in my apps. I can't scan or pretty do much of anything other then print and copy. I don't have any hp software installed and it wouldn't install. Any suggestions?

Thank you for the information. OS X has a substantial set of printer drivers, but not virtually every HP model. There are quite a few HP peripherals that simply don't work on Macs because they are Windows-only. According to HP's website your product is Windows-only, so whatever support they are providing for the Mac must be relatively recent. I've used HP printers for more than 20 years, so I'm pretty familiar with them and with HP's spotty support, especially for OS X where they have typically been behind in terms of keeping their drivers current with the changing versions of OS X. I have a Photosmart printer that's only a couple of years old for which there is no Intel Mac compatible driver. I have to run the Printer Setup Utility in forced Rosetta mode in order to use the current printer driver which dates back to June 2005. HP has no plans for an updated driver now that the printer is considered "obsolete."

HP Photosmart D110 Series getting error message when connecting to web services

Hello guys!
Hope someone can help. We have a HP Photosmart D110 series that is a couple years old. I am trying to get it connected to the web services feature for my wife. When we first got the printer it connected with no problems. When I go and click on enable web services it tells me cannot connect to server. Same error message happens when I try to do a product update. I tried to change manual preferred to 8. 8. 8. 8. and manual alternate to 8. 8. 4. 4. with no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!
Daniel

Hi Daniel, is there a chance that something has change in the intervening time in your home network e.g. a new router? This link contains a list of suggested troubleshooting steps to take if you're experiencing connectivity issues with HP Cloud Services. Try working down through them to isolate and correct the problem that is preventing you getting the D110 to connect to ePrint http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/ePrint-Print-Apps-Mobile-Printing-and-ePrintCenter/ePrint-Apps-Connecti...
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HT3669 What does this mean? Can't install the software for the HP Photosmart A510 series because it is not currently available from the Software Update server." My Imac finds the printer b ut when I go to install it, I get this error. Please help.

Can't install the software for the HP Photosmart A510 series because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.

That means you go here:
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Scanner from hp Photosmart c3100 doesn't work but I need it to!

I have MAC OS X Version 10.5.8.
I have a HP Photosmart C3100 3 in one. Though, I can print fairly fine, it will not scan anything. I actually can't recall it ever scanning since I got this MAC but I just rolled with it... However, I now need this option greatly.
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
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As a last ditch effort I tried this link: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=219&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw _lang=&product=1146331#N191
I downloaded & installed the HP driver package HP_Installer_Photosmart_Full_Group12_10.3.dmg which is the driver package for OS X 10.3 even though I am running OS X 10.6.8.
It is working... for today.
I suggest you go to the above link and start downloading & installing driver packages until you find one that works.
When you DO find one that works:
Keep the DMG handy!
Keep the LINK where you found it handy!
NEVER let Apple Updates update the driver package. It will try every time.
You can temporarily disable the update package from Apple Updates by selecting it and hitting the DELETE key. This will work for a while, deleting it from the update list, but eventually it will reassert itself and reappear on the list.
Next time AVOID Hewlett Packard.
In the meantime, I am looking for a deal on a nonHP Printer/Scanner.
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HP Photosmart C7200 series will not install on HP TouchSmart PC windows 7

I just bought a HP Touchsmart computer. I have a HP Photosmart C7200 series printer. The cd for this printer will not install because it does not support windows 7. Is there a fix for this.

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I just bought a HP Touchsmart computer. I have a HP Photosmart C7200 series printer. The cd for this printer will not install because it does not support windows 7. Is there a fix for this.
Have you tried looking at the support pages for your printer? that's where you will find the drivers, not here.

Is the HP Photosmart Premium series C309 compatible with chromebooks

I just bought a Samsung Chromebook -Is my current printer compatible? Its an HP Photosmart Premium series-C309 from 2009
If not then can I download software or do I need to get a new printer?-thanks for your time!

Hello lths,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
The Photosmart Premium C309 would not be compatible with the Chromebooks in the traditional way. With that being said, you can attempt to add the printer to Google Cloud Print. The steps are shown here: Using Google Cloud Print with your HP Printer, under HP classic printers.
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My Photosmart D110 series printer prints random documents all on its own

I turned on the my Photosmart D110 series printer after being away for a few days and discovered that it was halfway through installing an update that I hadn't ordered. I quickly aborted this process, but not before the printer began relentlessly printing random documents from my files; as soon as I cancelled, it began printing another. The print queue is empty. I uninstalled and reinstalled. I downloaded and ran the HP Print Doctor, which says all is OK. I unplugged and unplugged some more. And it still does it. My operating system is XP 2002 (yes, I know, I know...). Do I need to throw in the towel and get a new printer?

missnan,
The printer will only print what the PC sends to it, so I would look more into your pc than the printer. What you might try to do is uninstall the printer and re-install, but keep in mind that the pc is sending those print jobs to the printer. Are you sure that the printer is printing files from your PC, this printer does have apps and it can be set up to print those on a daily basis.
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HP Photosmart D5100 series lack of a vital feature in Lion 10.7 OsX

I had no problem under OsX 10.6 and no problem on Windows7.
With new Lion 10.7, it was automatically downloaded the HP driver for "Photosmart D5100 series". My printer is D5160 and it has direct print to CD/DVD feature.
In the new settings it is missing the capability to select "CD'DVD tray" or "print to CD/DVD" as it was in the past.
I use the same "Disc Cover" software to print onto DVD's.
Is this feture so well hidden than a user like me is so dumb not being able to find it or the HP software guys just missed it?

Hi Justin,
I tried your suggestion and it didn't work. The scanning function continues to operate with a mind of its own and the prompt window you mentioned didn't pop up. I unchecked the "combine into a single PDF" box and once the first page was scanned and before I could get up out of my chair to change the document on the flatbed, it began to scan again and created a second file identical to the first one.
I even changed the color correction setting to "manual" hoping it would ask if I wanted to make changes and hoping it would give me time to change out the documents, but a window popped up where the scan image was and displayed a message saying the color correction was being done automatically.
The only way I could successfully scan a multi page PDF document into the same file was to stand at the scanner and as quickly as possible change out the pages before it started to scan again.
Something must be wrong with the software drivers of the HP Photosmart 4580 that have been loaded into Lion.

Black Ink Cartridge not working HP Photosmart 5510 series

I replaced my black ink cartridge in my HP Photosmart 5510 series printer and it doesn't print. I don't know how long I had the cartridge, so I went and bought a brand new cartridge and it still won't print. I did everything the help menu said and it still doesn't print. I cleaned print head and copper on both the cartridge and print head, I did an automatic cartridge clean and nothing is working. The printer recognizes that the cartridge is full---there are no error messages---but it won't print. I also replaced the three color cartridges and they print fine, but the black doesn't. Any help would be appreciated. My printer is fairly new, I haven't done a lot of printing with it and it was printing untill the black ran out and I had to replace the cartridge.

Hi, please see links below on cartridge changes
Change to electrical chip (new design has black dot)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03154756
Black XL size
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&docname=c02750681
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Has anyone successfully used a "WD My Book for Mac" via NAS (plugged into USB port on router) as a Time Machine back-up drive?

Has anyone successfully used a "WD My Book for Mac" via NAS (plugged into USB port on router) as a Time Machine back-up drive? Apple support tech tried to tell me it wasn't possible and that the only NAS Time Machine could back up to is the Time Capsule, but I'm not buying it. I know it's doable, but I'm having a hard time figuring out which External HDDs will work and which ones won't. If not My Book for Mac, is there an External HDD that will work? (Running OS X 10.9.1 - Mavericks, btw...)

Given the nature of backups, my recommendation has always been to use a strategy that is unequivocally supported by Apple. As you already determined Apple Support unequivocally informed you that your proposal will not work, unless your router is an Apple AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule.
The exhaustive list of devices supported by Time Machine amounts to the following:
AirPort Time Capsule's built-in hard disk (any model)
External USB hard disk drive connected to a Time Capsule (any model)
External USB hard disk drive connected to an AirPort Extreme (current model only)
A hard disk drive directly connected to your Mac
That is all.
Use whatever backup device you want, but you should be aware that this site is full of reports of misery from hapless individuals who had been using NAS devices for Time Machine backups, only to find that they were incomplete, corrupted, or useless when they were required. Apple won't care if you lose your data while using a Time Machine configuration specifically excluded from their technical support documents.

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