Hp Laserjet 4050 Driver For Mac

Introduction: How to Connect HP 4050N Using Linksys Switch to Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I have an HP LaserJet 4050N that I use for my small business. It has the JetDirect card installed into it so the printer can be connected to a network using ethernet. Now, I also need to share my internet connection with other computers that are not wireless. The solution was to install a LinkSys 5-port switch into the mix.
My setup is as follows: iMac is connected to the internet via Airport. Next, I have a small ethernet cable coming out of the ethernet port on the iMac and going into the uplink port on the LinkSys Switch. Next, I personally have one ethernet cable running from the LinkSys Switch to my computer in the garage and one ethernet cable running from the LinkSys Switch to the JetDirect card ethernet port on the HP LaserJet 4050 Printer. The LinkSys Switch will allow for 3 more connections should you need them. This is how the cabling should run, pretty simple.

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Step 1: Start Internet Sharing

Now you need to get your Mac to see the HP LaserJet, so that it can print to it. Kaspersky internet security uninstall tool. First, you need to open 'System Preferences' and click on the 'Sharing' folder under 'Internet & Wireless.'
Next, you click on the check box for the 'Internet Sharing' service. Since I use Airport to connect to the internet, I am sharing my connection from Airport to Computers using Ethernet. Once you make these selections, a small dialog box will pop up and ask if you want to 'start' internet sharing. Click 'Start.'

Step 2: Setup the Ethernet Connection to LinkSys

Go back to 'System Preferences' and click on 'Network.' Your Network screen may not look exactly like mine, but should be close.
Click on the 'Ethernet' service on the left side of this window/screen. Make the following selections:
Configure IPv4: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.2.1
Click Apply
At this time, open 'Network Utility' and check the 'Ethernet en0' interface. The IP Address should exactly the same as the IP address that you manually typed into the Network screen.

Step 3: Setup HP LaserJet I/O JetDirect Card on Printer

This is the tedious step, because it's not as friendly as Mac OS X. You will need to turn on the printer and press the 'Menu' button seven (7) times to access the EIO 2 JetDirect Menu.
Press the 'Item' button once to the right. It will say: CFG NETWORK=NO *
Press the 'Value' button once the right (+), then press the 'Select' button. It should say: CFG NETWORK=YES *
The attached video should help you configure the printer. Just make sure that you press 'Select' after each entry when putting the numbers into the menu. I set my printer to use an IP Address of: 192.168.2.10. The IP Byte is where you put in the IP Address Numbers. The SM bytes are the Subnet Mask numbers. The LG bytes have no effect here, so they are 0.0.0.1. The GW Bytes are the 'Gateway' bytes or server address, which is: 192.168.2.1.
Once you have set up your IP numbers, you're ready for the next step.

Step 4: Adding the HP LaserJet Printer to Your Printers

Open 'System Preferences' again and click on 'Print & Fax.' Now, you're going to add the HP LaserJet 4050 printer to your list of available printers.
Click the '+' button. The Add Printer Dialog Box will come up. The choices are: 'Default', 'Fax', 'IP', and 'Windows'
You want to select 'IP'
The Protocol should be 'HP Jetdirect - Socket'
The Address will be the IP address you gave the printer in the CFG screen of the printer. Again, I used 192.168.2.10 for my IP Address. So, in this Address Field, you will type in the number you gave your printer.
The Queue field is where you can Name your printer. I called mine HP LaserJet 4050
In the Name field, you use the same name as Queue. Again, mine is called HP LaserJet 4050
Location: You can leave this blank, but I put the physical location of mine, which is right next to my iMac.
Print Using: HP LaserJet 4050 Series. This is where you select the printer driver. Click on the down arrow and select the HP LaserJet 4050 Series Software.
Click 'Add' and you should see your HP Printer show up in your printer list.

Step 5: Print Something With Your Networked Printer

Open 'System Preferences' one more time and select 'Print & Fax'
Click once on your HP LaserJet 4050 to highlight it in Blue.
Double-click on the highlighted printer and it will open up the HP LaserJet 4050 Queue.
Click on 'Printer Setup' to see all kinds of information about your printer. Notice the URL Socket will show the IP address that you gave your printer.
Now click on the 'Printer' drop down menu and select 'Print Test Page'
It should connect to your printer and print the test page.
Congratulations, you're done!!!
Note: this should work with any networkable printer, not just the HP 4050.

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During the 2000's and early '10's I worked in various IT departments. I still experience a small shiver down my spine and get a twitch in my eye when reminiscing about my days in corporate IT trying to give various network service support to my macOS clients in a Microsoft Windows-dominated world.

While most services on macOS had analogues for their Windows counterparts, printing on the big copier/printer/scanner machines proved much more tasking. Sure postscript might work depending on the copier (and that thanks was owed to CUPS from the open source world) but for our very few Mac users, printing onto machines designed to only work for Windows clients (our CFO found them to be much cheaper) was quite trying. But we managed it, and that's because regardless of what special features or doodads a printer may have, the underlying mechanism and functions are all the same. It's using this same principle that just might help you get your printer to work under macOS.

Printing from macOS

Today with AirPrint and more ubiquitous macOS support you can just about print to any printer you can buy on the market. However, there still exist some printers that support Windows only clients. I for example have an older HP 1018 printer of which there is no official macOS support. But fret not! You just might be able to find a printer driver that is 'close enough' for your printer to make it recognized on macOS. Here's how I got my HP 1018 laserjet printer to work.

Download and install the latest supported driver from HP

First, you'll need to get the latest drivers for all of the officially supported HP printers for macOS. Not from HP, but from Apple.

1. Navigate with Safari to the driver download.
2. Click Download.
3. Use Finder to navigate to your downloads.

4. Double click the HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers5.1.dmg file.

5. Double click the HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers package.
6. Click Continue.
7. Once again click Continue.
8. Click Agree to the license agreement.
9. Click Install.
10. Enter your password.
11. Click on Install Software.
12. Click done.

Set up your printer with the closest match

Luckily for us, HP tends to name it's various printers with similar feature sets with similar model numbers. So, for example, since I have an HP laserjet 1018 printer, I know that a similarly named HP laserjet like the HP laserjet 1010 or the HP laserjet 1022 may share some features with my 1018. So we try to find a best match by iteration until we get the features we absolutely want to work. Note that you may just only get printing working but extra features like duplexing or scanning might not function. But at least you can print. These instructions assume your printer is powered up and connected as expected by the manufacturer.

1. Go to System Preferences.
2. Select Printers & Scanners.
3. Click +.
4. Select the unsupported printer from the list.

5. Select Choose a Driver from the drop down list.

6. Click Select Software.
7. Search for a similarly named printer as yours. I have an HP laserjet 1018. I found other HP printers like the 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1022. Try to ensure that you get as close a match as possible.
8. Now we iterate. The plan is to try the first closest matching printer. Select that closest driver from the list.
9. Click OK.
10. Click Add.
11. Open up any text program or webpage and try to print a test page. If it works you're done! Otherwise you need to keep on iterating.
12. Delete the printer by clicking -.

13. Repeat steps 3 - 11 with the next similarly named printer model. In my case the printer for HP laserjet 1022 worked.

14. Done.

As with any hack, success with this 'close enough' strategy will vary by printer and by manufacturer. I also have to live with ignoring some the of the options that come with the 1022 that don't exist on my 1018 in the print dialogs when I print something. No matter. Working printer. Or, you can just buy a Mac supported printer like the HP laserjet 1022. What about you? Have a hack or tweak you want to mention? Lets know in the comments!

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