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Then - voila - the iMac could print to the 1018 !HP LaserJet 3015 Mac Driver and Software Downloads. Then ran the load firmware script from desktop - the printer made some start up noise (it found the 1018 printer and the "HP Laserjet 1018 Foomatic." driver automatically) Then added a new printer in "apple" - system preferences - print/fax I copied the"load_Laserjet_firmware re_v4" script to desktop Hit n when asked if I wanted to remove a copy of the firmware Hit enter several times when asked for password again Hit enter when asked for administrator password With renewed enthusiasm I then followed Durija's advice to uninstall Foo2zjs and reinstall it being more careful: Then without turning the printer off, I reconnected it to the iMac and it worked. I followed Kurt Lang's suggestions, but must have made a mistake, as it didn't work the first time.Īfter some frustration I tried Carl's suggestion of printing a page from my old windows XP laptop to initialize the printer.
I just wanted to report that I did get the HP LaserJet 1018 to work with my new iMac (20" with OS X10.5.6)
Thanks Kurt, Durija, and Carl for your help in getting this to work.
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If anyone is considering buying a new laser bw printer, I would suggest the brother HL-2035įoo2zjs drivers do work for HP laserjet 1018 on iMac
#Hp laserjet driver for mac pdf#
You may print, but apparently pdf files take a very long time to print and it is generally unstable. I don't suggest anyone to buy the HP P1006, someone said it would work with a mac out of the box, but this is not entirely true. Obviously if you turn the printer off / power cut etc you need to repeat step 2) and 3)
This works on all the macs of my friends. NB The firmware whether printer with mac or windows is the same, only the mac driver is crucially important.ģ) The printer MUST now remain connected to the power supply and you take the usb cable and plug it into your mac.
#Hp laserjet driver for mac install#
However, now I came across to a solution that worked:ġ) Install the three items as explained by Kurt Lang, but do not bother uploading the firmware.Ģ) Now take your printer and print a page with a Windows PC (I was using XP Pro, but it should work with any version) By printing this one page the firmware is loaded onto the printer by Windows. I also did not manage to upload the firmware manually. That s why you get the "cannot locate firmware file" notification.
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I have heard they have changed the file directory of the server, so that the script can no longer download the firmware if you want to update it onto the printer. We've tried this on both a PowerPC G5 and now have the printer attached to an Intel based Core Duo 2 iMac. I keep the firmware loader on my desktop. The only time you need to download the firmware to the printer again is if you've turned it off. The printer will make a sound like it's about to print something, but that's just the firmware being loaded. Not a big deal of course, just hit Command+Q. And again, you then need to close Terminal manually.
Again, it launches the Terminal and loads the firmware to the printer. In this package, the loader it creates is called "load_LaserJet_firmware_v4" (the file that ends up in the installation package). The Windows drivers load them in the background if the printer has just been turned on. These are "stupid" printers that have no firmware on the printer. After that, there are firmware loaders for those printers that need them (like the 1018) that you need to run each time you first turn the printer on. Don't let it delete the installation files when it asks since that's where your startup script for the printer will be.Īfter loading the third package, the 1018 shows up in the Printer Setup Utility like any other printer so you can select and add it to your list of printers.Īll of this only takes about 15 minutes, including downloading the files. Just keep hitting Enter and it will eventually finish. There's a bit of a glitch in Leopard where the Terminal won't respond to the keyboard where it asks to enter your user account password, other than the Enter key. You then have to manually close Terminal. You choose the printer you're using from the list and it finishes up the installation. Part of the driver installation launches Terminal and runs a script. Unless you're running OS X 10.2.x, then you need the fourth item instead of the third.Īfter you've installed "GPL Ghostscript" and "Foomatic-RIP", you install the specific printer driver from the "foo2zjs-1.1-UB" download. Which can be downloaded here:ĭownload the first three linked items as follows. If you haven't done it before for another printer, you first need to install "GPL Ghostscript" and "Foomatic-RIP". Looks like my response may be a bit late, but yes, you can use the HP 1018 in OS X.