mac driver for OS 10.6.8

[Davep434]

I just purchased HP Envy 7640 printer, and there are no drivers listed for MAC OS 10.6.8.I can  not upgrade the OS, as sever critical programs will not run on Mac OS 10.10. what recourse do I have?

[Davep434]

I have Mac OS 10.6.8, and can not upgrade to OS 10 as critical programs will not run. I just purchased a HP printer Envy 7640, and there are no drivers for my OS

[ShlomiL]

Hi,

I afraid you will have to upgrade the OS for the printer to fully work ir get an older model which is compatible with Snow Leopard, the printer is only supported on Lion or newer OS versions as you may find listed below (Under the System Requirements section):

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04353671

As a workaround you may use an alternative driver, but that will only allow printing from the Mac.

For that download and install the following package:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1770?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Next connect the pritner to the Mac or to the same network.

Open System Preferences > Print & Fax and click the plus sign.

select the listed 7640 printer and click the Print Using drop down and then on Select Printer Software.

Select the HP ENVY 5530 from the list and add the printer, that should allow printing to the 7640 printer.

Basic scanning can be done via the EWS interface by opening the Scan tab, that only applicable for a network connection and only provide basic scan options.

It can be reached by typing the printer IP address into Safari.

Hope that may help,

Shlomi

[ScubaSkier]

I also have a few Macs: iMac and MacBook with OSX 10.6.8 and purchased the Envy 5640. By setting up the Envy on my Wi-Fi, my computers do see the printer and print to it, as does my iPad and Android phone. I have yet to try scanning, but will look into your solutions. 

[jediwoman]

In case anyone is still curious, check out VueScan. It's allegedly for  MacBooks too old to upgrade to El Capitan. The other option is to buy a cheap older scanner on Ebay or amazon. I bought an old HP scanner on ebay for $15.00 - free shipping. At some point someone should come up with software to allow you to do this. Vuescan is about $40 which is a little too much for my taste. If I had cash to drop, I'd be buying a newer MacBook. 

[scuba44]

I just bought an hp envy 4520 and it works fine with my macbook pro on OS X 12. However for my old macbook using snow leopard (OS X 10.6.8), I could not find a printer driver. So I downloaded the printer driver for HP Envy 4500 which worked with 10.6.8 and installed it on my old macbook. I downloaded it here: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1770?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US. I then went to system preferences and added the HP envy 4520 printer to the list of printers and selected the printer driver for the HP Envy 4500 which appeared in the list of drivers after I installed it. Now here is the good part: IT WORKED WITH THE HP ENVY 4520!!! I was able to print from the computer. Just be sure your computer and printer are on the same network.