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‎12-20-2023 08:40 PM

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Product: HP OfficeJet Pro 8025 All-in-One Printer

I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 8025 All-in-One Printer that we want to connect to our printer server, but we don't want all the extra software application bloat to be installed with the driver. When I go to https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-officejet-pro-8020-all-in-one-printer-series/model/24208623 I can only find downloads that include applications with the driver - I see no option to only install the driver.

The HP Easy Start Printer Setup Software (Internet connection required for driver installation) version installed the least bundled applications, but it still included extra applications that we don't want on the print server. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8020 All-in-One EasyStart Printer Setup Software – Offline Use Only version was even worse, and installed an entire suite of applications.

Other printer manufacturers, like Canon, give us the ability to extract the specific drivers from the download - but these downloads have everything bundled into a single executable. (I can't find a way to single out just the driver.)

Anyone have any advice or know where I can get JUST the driver?

Thank you.

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