office jet scanner shows "error occurred while communicating with the scanner" after Sonoma install

[fmoyse]

officejet pro 8740 driven by macbook on sonoma 14.0

[Gaya1239]

Hi @fmoyse,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are facing a scan issue with your HP Printer HP OfficeJet Pro 8740 All-In-One Printer. Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue.

May I Know if you have changed the region?  Is Yes Then we have to do a region reset. 

If not, then please follow the below. 

To assist better:

• Does the copy also have the same issue?
• Are you able to get good-quality scans using the automatic document feeder?
• What application are you using to scan?
• Have you tried using an alternate scanning application?

While you respond to that, Let's perform a power drain: 

• With the printer turned on, disconnect the power cord from the rear of the printer and also unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
• Remove the USB cable, if present.
• Wait for 2-3 minutes, press and hold the power button on your printer for about 30 seconds to remove any additional charge.
• Now plug back the power cable straight to a wall outlet without any surge protector or an extension cord (This is important) and then plug back the power cord to the printer.
• Turn on the printer and wait till the warm-up period finishes and the printer is idle

Update the printer firmware. 

• Click here to download and install the latest printer firmware from your product.
• Click here to know different methods of updating the printer firmware.

If the issue persists, then please follow the steps mentioned in this document: Resolve scan quality problems on HP printers

follow the steps mentioned in this document:  HP Printers - Scanner not found or connected (Windows, Mac)

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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[fmoyse]

I believe the issue is no driver for the new Sonoma 14.0 op system 

[Gaya1239]

@fmoyse ,

Thank you for your reply! I could see the Mac OS Sonoma 14.0 drivers not available  

Software and drivers for HP OfficeJet Pro 8740 All-in-One Printer series

Choose a different product series

Detected operating system: macOS 13 Choose a different OS

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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