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‎03-24-2025 12:10 PM

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Product: HP OfficeJet Pro 6978 All-in-One Printer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Does anyone have or able to direct me to the OCR driver for HP 6978 printer?

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‎03-24-2025 12:15 PM

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‎03-24-2025 09:39 PM

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You tried and I appreciate it, but the info did not help. Followed the instruction and found

HP OfficeJet Pro 6970 All-in-One Print and Scan Driver and Accessories

  • 40.16.1234_1
  • 116.6 MB
  • Sep 27, 2022

Type:

Installation Software and Full/Basic Driver-Supports print and scan functionality only

Version:

40.16.1234_1

Operating systems:

Windows 10 (64-bit)

Release date:

Sep 27, 2022

File name:

Full_Webpack-40.16.1234_1-OJ6970_Full_Webpack.exe (116.6 MB)

Description:

The full solution software includes everything you need to install and use your HP printer. This collection of software includes the complete set of drivers, installer and optional software.

Fix and enhancements:

  • Repackaged without Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Functionality

So I guess my only hope is to find someone that has this printer and see if the will give me a copy of their original disk.

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