Photosmart printers and OS 10.6

Just wondering if anyone has suggestions for photosmart printers that WORK WELL with snow leopard. I know Apple has a list of drivers that work. Some of the printers i've googled say they work with, for example, OS 10.4 and up, yet they aren't always listed on the Apple page.
Looking for something not too terribly expensive. I want one that prints, scans - fax not necessary, easy to install.
Any suggestions welcome - esp if you have one that you love!

I don't typically recommend "all-in-1" devices as you end up with a so-so printer, a so-so fax and a so-so scanner. Where a dedicated device typically out performs the modular units.
As for HP Photosmart stuff, I would recomend the Brother line instead. I've had great experiences with Brother products and my Mac but not so much with the HP.
Just my personal experience is all (aka my 2 cents).

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I bought a Photosmart 5524 printer 6 months ago. It had to be returned for repair and a replacement printer was returned. The replacement printer is a Photosmart 5520.
What is different between the two models of printer? Are there any specifications of each model that highlight these differences that I could print off?
Thanks.
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Hi,
The Photosmart 5520 and 5524 are actually the same product and its specifications are identical.
Both of the devices are sub models of the same product series.
You may find its specification below, as you may see listed the same specs apply for both of the models:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03241207&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5218822&que...
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Changing Default Print Quality for Photosmart Printers in Stand Alone mode

Hello Everyone. I am using a group of Photosmart Printers in Stand Alone mode for events where I shoot and print on site. Although I have quite a few printers with me (6 total at a time), I prefer to have the printers print in "Normal" Print Quality Mode, instead of "Best". Images come out twice as fast, and because I have a disciplined shooting technique, I get "GREAT" results from the "Normal" setting. I and/or my assistant have to go to my "Preferences" to change my Print Quality everytime we prepare to print another batch of photos. Sometimes we have groups that will want 5 copies, and it simply takes FOREVER in Best mode, and really, although with a 5x Loupe I can tell the difference, My customers can't with their naked eye. Sometimes we forget to change the setting due to the pressure of the pace sometimes. OOPS!
I am using the following Photosmart Printers: A516, A512v and the 335.
As I stated, I don't use these with a computer, I drive them straight from CF Cards. I do have all the original software, if I need to use the computer to make some changes. Just tell me how. Manual says nothing about getting the setting to default to normal.
Thank you so very much in advance.
BLAYZE!

Hello:
One way of assuring high quality would be to export the photo to the desktop (at highest quality) and then print from there.
In my own case, I find that when I occasionally print a photo from iPhoto, the quality is quite good.
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I have an HP Photosmart 8200 and and Epson Artisan 800 printer and neither one is showing up in my printer selection any more. How do I get these back?

I have a MacBook Pro that came with Mac OS 10.7 Lion on it, and had been printing on both an HP Photosmart 8200 and an Epson Artisan 800. I had an issue where I would print from Photoshop and every time I would print I'd need to make a new printer. I don't think that it was ONLY WAY, but it worked for me. Anyways, I finally got tired of scrolling down the list to choose the new printer – HP Photosmart 8200_23 – or something like that, so I deleted some of the printers that had extra numbers. This is where the print Print & Scan dialog in the system prefs has the little plus and minus. It turns out that I pressed the minus on everything - going overboard with my clicks. Now, I have NO PRINTER and each time my computer tries to download drivers from HP and Epson, they have no updates for me. When I go on there website there are no drivers for Mac 10.7. I have no idea how to get my printers back. Any ideas or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Erik Jurado

Download the HP drivers here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1398

I HAVE A HP PHOTOSMART C4700 AND I CANNOT CONNECT IT WITH MY IPAD 2 TO PRINT

I have Photosmart C4700 and want to print from IPad Air 2. Is my printer airprint? If not, is there a way to print from the Ipad or will I need to get a new printer? If I need a new printer...do you have a list of suggested printers that would be similar to the one I have that IS airprint. This printer is used in a cabin seasonally and the cost of replacing cartridges is a factor as we never use one up, but it dries out as the printer is off 8 mos of the year in cold climate. Thanks.

Hi,
Your printer is not airprint enabled but you should be able to use the HP ePrint app on it.
The most straight forwad way to print wirelessly using the eprint app is to make sure that both the ipad and the printer are connected to the same wifi network.
Once this is complete, download the HP eprint app and print from within the app. Once everything is connected to the same network, you'll see your printer from within the app and be able to print to it.
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HP Photosmart c309 and printing from Vista laptop on wired/wireless network

Ok going to be as thorough at possible here.
Its a brand new HP Photosmart c309 which I received this past Weds, so far so good both my Wife and I are enjoying it. Now I have it wired into my home network which consists of a Linksys switch in our home office and Netgear wireless router in the basement. The Linksys switch is wired to the router in the basement for internet/network connection...I have my Dell workstation running Windows XP SP3 (with all the latest patches from Microsoft, Mcafee AV) and the photosmart printer wired to the switch. I installed the HP software and drivers from the disk on the XP workstation and all is well...prints, scans and I'm able to view the printer settings, ink levels and what not.
NOW my Wife's Dell Vista laptop (which is patched to the latest from Microsoft, Mcafee AV) is getting really annoying. First I hate Vista but that’s another story...the Vista laptop connects to our home network via the wireless network through the Netgear router. So I followed the same steps as my XP workstation, it finds the printer during setup and all is well till the part when it wants to send a test page...so I opt to skip the photo test page and just do a standard one. Well it "sends" a test page or at least it looks like it does but nothing comes out of the printer (ie no activity from printer). The printer icon shows up in the system tray in the lower right hand corner of the screen near the time and when I put the mouse pointer over the icon is says "0 in queue" so I double click the icon to see if I can get more info and nothing happens. Right click the icon and choose open all active printers and again nothing. The printer icon is in the system tray for about 10-15 seconds and then disappears.
So I'm a little confused here, I check the printer in "printers & faxes" and both it and the fax part are listed...the printer even says it’s in "ready" status. I start the HP solution software on the laptop and I am able to scan from the printer to the Vista laptop fine, I'm able to view printer settings, network settings, ink levels and what not. I JUST CAN'T printer to it.
I tried another test page from the printer properties within Windows, again the icon shows up in the system tray and it says "0 in queue" and the icon disappears after 10-15 seconds. I then try to print a picture using the HP software and the same thing...icon shows up in system tray "0 in queue" and it disappears.
Did I do something wrong or am I missing a special step for Vista machines? I did uninstall and reinstall software/drivers and manually removed the printer and then reinstalled everything with no luck and no change...still acts the same.
I'm lost at what else to try. I think I tried the obvious stuff. I've searched the web to come up blank with a similar situation like mine...I've seen others complain about printing 1 page documents and the printer prints 3,6,16 pages at a time which is the opposite from my situation.
Any input/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Bruno

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Photosmart C3180 and C4680 Scanning Problem with Mac OS X 10.9.5

I upgraded to OS X 10.9.5 and now can't scan using either Photosmart C3180 or C4680. I've repaired permissions and uninstalled and reinstalled printers in Printers and Scanners preferences. Scan no longer appears as an option in Printers and Scanners preferences, just print. Using Preview, "Import from scanner" in File menu is grayed out. Printing works fine on both printers. I can't find any updates to printer drivers on Apple Software Update.
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Reboot your Mac, then click the Apple icon and select Software Update.
Click the top Store Menu and select Reload Page, then install any listed Apple or HP Update if a such available.
If the sa,e persists, manually download and install the following package, then check for any difference:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl907
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ICC profiles are being uninstalled on my HP photosmart printers using PSE9

I have restored my PC (HP Omni Quad) to factory standards once to correct this problem. The printers worked twice (HP Photosmart 7960 and 8250) and stopped printing photos, The message stated that the ICC rofiles had been uninstalled. I never had this problem with Elements 5.

I found a slolution for such problems to reinstall ICC profile.
To find ICC profile :-
For MAC
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=62&platform=macintosh
For WIN
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=62&platform=windows
For LINUX/UNIX
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/iccprofiles/iccprofiles_linux.html
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Photosmart 8750 and IMAC

I have a Photosmart 8750 which works fine with my windows laptop but when printing with IMAC using latest version of Safari the colours are all washed out, the greys are orange etc.
If I print text in red, blue, green and yellow the print is fine. I have cleaned the print heads, deleted the printer and reinstalled but still no good.
Any thoughts?
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David
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What version of OS X?
Download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
Restart your Mac.
Reset the printing system:
- Go to System Preferences > Print & Scan
- Right (or control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add a printer. Select the Defualt tab on the top of the window. Look for the printer, select it and then next to the "Use" pulldown, select the printer model (not AirPrint). Wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
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Drivers for hp photosmart d5360 and laserjet 4000 in windows 7,needed

i need the drivers for hp photosmart d5360 and laserjet 4000 in windows 7
i have install windows 7 ver 7260 and everything was working fine,,then i have updated to ver 7600
and now my computer does not want to install the drivers,,
any ideas why is not working?
thanks

It does not matter how we got Windows 7 RTM (7600). But if you have to know to answer the questions about drivers, then MSDN Subscribers and Technet Subscribers can download Windows 7 RTM as of August 7. I also have Windows 7 RTM and I now cannot install the HP Laserjet 4000N printer. It used to work with Windows 7 RC but now not with RTM. My printer is located on a Windows Server 2008 based computer. It properly browses and I I can select it from the server list of printers. But it then tells me that I dont have a driver. Where can we get a driver? HP will have the Windows 7 RTM version as well for their driver support.

Difference between Photosmart 5520 and 5524?

Hi,
I'm potentially going to purchase one of the HP printers listed above but I'm a little confused, they're both the same series and have apparently exactly the same spec, but model numbers are different?
In Currys too, they're £10 apart but one comes with extra sets of ink?
If anyone has any answers I'd love to hear them.
Thanks.
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Hey Callumh003,
HP has made several different models of the same base design. The Photosmart 5520 and Photosmart 5524 are the same printer model, however what comes in the box is the difference. Similarly, there is a Photosmart 5522 in some regions and the difference is also what comes in the box from the base Photosmart 5520.
I hope this helps to clarify.
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Can I remotely access HDs, printers and computers connected to APEX?

I currently have an external HD, 2 printers and a desktop (currently a dell, soon to be an iMac) connected directly to my Airport Extreme, and I have a MacBook which I connect via WiFi.
First of all, can I access my Airport Extreme remotely (for example, from work) with my MacBook?
I currently use my External HD for Time Machine backups. I also use it to store various files (one of them being my iTunes library) that I like to be able to access on both computers. Can I access this remotely to a) use for Time Machine and b) access the files stored on it?
Am I able to access my printers if I wanted to print something at home while I'm elsewhere?
Finally, once I get my new iMac, would I be able to access that as well? I would like to be able to wake it from sleep and access files stored on it, control it, etc.
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Edit: Bonus Question - Can I do any of the above items with my iPhone as well?
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How can I scan multiple items using my HP photosmart 2610 and them be able to be in one attachment?

I have an HP photosmart 2610 4 in1. How can I scan multiple items and put them in the same attachment using e-mail? Using my laptop.

Hi @needyrhelp,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I see that you are wondering how to scan multiple items using your HP photosmart 2610 and for them to be able to be in one attachment in your e-mail. I am happy to look into this for you!
Please see the how to scan guide for the Operating System you are using. Here is the list of how to scan guides, Scan. Select your Operating System from the list, then select How to scan with HP software, then How to scan a multi-page original text document into a single file. You will need to scan each page one at a time, and add it to the same document. The how to scan guide will show you how. After done scanning to the file, then see the link for How to attach a scan to an email.
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