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‎11-23-2022 09:26 PM

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Thank you in advance for whatever advice or information you can provide.  I want to use my old HP Desk Jet f4480 printer and scanner with my new iMac 13.1.0.  The latest driver listed on the HP website for any iMac Desktop is 10 or 11 something.  The printer is old and I have never run it without a cable.  If a cable would do the trick, it looks to me like I need a male USB type B cable compatible with my HP Printer at one end, and male USB Type A connector on the other. I do not believe that my HP printer is compatible with  Wifi.   My printer is currently connected and printing from my old Windows 10 PC Computer. I am connected to the Internet at home via a Spectrum fibre optic cable and router.   

 

I may wish to buy a photograph quality printer. Thank you.  

 

Bruce Windsor

  

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‎11-24-2022 04:06 AM

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Hi @Bruce-74 

 

Yes, you need to use a USB cable to connect your printer to your Mac computer.

 

Then download and install HP Printer drivers for MacOS from the next link:

https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2021/macos/071-46903-20211101-0BD2764A-901C-41BA-9573-C17B8FDC4D90/Hew...

 

And then go to Preferences > Printers then Add the printer, follow the steps from the next video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_7N1D_mV8c&t=1s&ab_channel=AndroidTechPark

 

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Best regards, 

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