Apple Releases HP Printer Driver 1.1

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Apple Releases HP Printer Driver 1.1
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Posted by: Charles

Apple has released the HP Printer Driver 1.1 via its Software Update utility and on the Web. According to the company, the HP Printer Driver Update includes the latest drivers for printers you have used on your system. The update will only be visible in Software Update if the printer is connected to your computer or a print queue has been created for an earlier version. The HP Printer Driver 1.1 weighs in at 405.1MB. It requires Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later.

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devo · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

405MB! Glad I own a Canon. Wink

saul · Senior Member Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 436 Location: PA

It is showing up as 52.3 MB on my Intel Mini.

Texark · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject:

Coming in at 212MB here. I think it's nice having support for every HP printer under the sun. Rolling Eyes

Squid3660 · Member Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 132

Lol... almost half a gig download for a printer driver... Oh the ludicrousiditiness of it all. That has to be a typo. The 405.1 MB part, not ludicrousiditiness.

Apple... please... focus some of that creative energy into a Mac Mini update!!!

I'll stick with my Canon printer and 10.4.11 for now.

hackersmovie · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

Texark · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

FishKepr · Member Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 116 Location: WA

We have two HP printers, a PhotoSmart and a LaserJet, and Update reads as 90MB.

g5g5 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:39 am Post subject:

I'm showing 52MB on the Intel mini and 212MB on my PPC Macs.
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Yvan256 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:19 am Post subject:

Only 52.3 MiB and I have a LaserJet 2550L and LaserJet 3015.

Maybe the heavier updates are for inkjets?
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Cypher · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

HP 990CXi Deskjet and the update was 103MB on mine.
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cuvtixo · Junior Member Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 30

The open source driver I have does OK: Gutenprint v5.1.3 and I think 5.2.x for Mac OSX is out. Is there any advantage to the new Apple drivers? For older printers it seems unlikely that there's much improvement. No?

macmanmacman · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1682

Weird not only did a hp driver update come through but also a lexmark driver update as well nice job apple...

I have to admit 500 megs is a lot for printer drivers.


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