HP Laserjet 1020 in OS X Snow Leopard

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#1 David Foo on 04.26.10 at 14:00

Thanks for the info. Had to jump through insane hoops to print under all previous OS X releases.

#2 Carlito Animancia on 04.27.10 at 1:10

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#3 Harvey Kahl on 04.28.10 at 9:27

Thanks, Tobias. My 1020 has been a useless paperweight since Snow Leopard. HP is foiled again in its wish that Mac users not be able to use the 1020. Apparently they want us to buy a more expensive printer than the 1020, which is a great little basic monochrome laser. If you want a good printer for Mac, buy a Brother. If you already own a 1020, now you can use it again!

#4 Florin on 04.30.10 at 1:32

Dudeeeee!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

/bow
-florin

#5 Isadora Chai on 04.30.10 at 10:22

Hi Tobias,
Thank you so much for putting this up. I have been spending MONTHS trying to find the software and also looking through various forums who have unanimously given up. Looking at the responses you have within the past THREE days, I am glad that I am not the only one facing this problem!
I do have a niggly problem of being able to print wirelessly from my Macbook as the printer is connected to a Windows XP desktop and was told that I would have to buy a Printer Router if I wanted to print wirelessly from both PCs and Macs. What are your thoughts on this?

Cheers,
Isadora

#6 Tobias Södergren on 04.30.10 at 10:30

Hi Isadora, I am no expert on printer routers so I cannot help you there.

#7 Uğur Özyılmazel on 05.29.10 at 22:49

Thank you billion times!

#8 DJ Patrick Scientific (Patrick Person) on 06.07.10 at 4:38

Thank you very much. I was going on hours trying to figure this out since it did work with my other Mac that was running 10.5x. I am no sharing all of my printers off my Mac and I don’t need to try to purchase any print server software of hardware since this solution works with Bonjour.

#9 Avid on 07.03.10 at 12:15

Your first apple link to the printer drivers is dead.

#10 F on 08.02.10 at 11:36

Thanks mate!
Apple link is not needed anymore. 1022 driver is included in recent versions of OS X.

#11 a on 09.07.10 at 21:23

you are delicious!!! thank you!

#12 a on 09.08.10 at 5:46

Worked. I bought my MacBook Pro recently and did not need Step 1.

#13 Courtney on 09.11.10 at 19:00

I get as far as selecting HP LaserJet 1022, 1.3.0.261 from the software menu, but then my add button doesn’t work. What am I missing?

#14 scott on 10.01.10 at 23:44

I was hopeful as I have 10.6.4 and I followed the instructions but there is no driver for the 1020 available in the add menu. Any thoughts?

#15 scott on 10.01.10 at 23:56

Wow. I tried again and it worked after a restart. I cant tell you how thankful I am….I would have been really upset to have to waste a perfectly good printer.

#16 DIOGO on 10.03.10 at 20:03

Thank you!!! Nowbody in Brasil solved the bug…..

#17 Temple of Zen on 10.05.10 at 7:14

All I can say is thank you for being good at what you do. I was getting quite frustrated since I have been out of town for work exchange for almost a year. I came back only to discover this madness. I was about to repackage the printer until I came across your site. The fix is flawless!

#18 Audrey on 10.08.10 at 1:40

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Been trying for days to get this thing running. So appreciated your expertise! Much happiness and success to you.

#19 shelley on 10.12.10 at 9:12

Thank you so much for this info. I was copying to a thumb drive, and then to an old gasping PC. You are very kind!

#20 shelley on 10.12.10 at 9:15

Thank you so much for this. Very helpful. I had an old PC rigged up to my trusty HP Laserjet 1020 and was having to copy to a thumbdrive… and deal with formatting inconsistencies. You are so kind to share this info!

#21 kurt on 10.15.10 at 12:47

used the steps described and it worked great but i have one problem, when i hit print it takes a very long time (five minutes or more) for the printer to respond. any hints, thanks

#22 Marcello on 10.19.10 at 2:23

Thanks for this info. I picked up a Macbook Pro for my wife and thought we would not be able to print on our HP 1020. After using the link you provided, the Macbook Pro prints on the HP 1020 like a champ. You rock!

#23 Alexis on 10.20.10 at 9:55

It worked! Thank you so much!!!

#24 Rhonda on 10.21.10 at 20:28

Thank you so much – Worked like a charm!!

#25 Atan on 10.23.10 at 4:12

Thanks for posting this. I have been having problem installing this printer driver for so long and this link solved my problem! thanks.

#26 Mrs on 10.29.10 at 23:19

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#27 Recai on 11.08.10 at 8:52

super!!! I did not believe it could work, but it did. Thanks so much for this absolute solution.

#28 brandt on 11.12.10 at 20:15

Any way we can delete the unnecessary driver files and simply keep the one for the 1020, or is that simply wishful thinking? 450mb is HUGE for driver files!! Thanks for this info btw

#29 Mickey on 11.15.10 at 11:58

I have an XP with 1020 and shared it in local.
after trying this driver…
It takes some time then it prints!!
Thanks

Mickey from Taiwan

#30 Mickey on 11.16.10 at 3:28

I choose (HP Laserjet 1022, 1.3.0.261), then reboot Mac and 1020,
then it works!!

#31 Dre on 11.19.10 at 2:56

Thank you for posting this! You helped me out big time.

#32 Sherry on 11.19.10 at 4:02

Tobias you are so da man! Thank you soooo much!

#33 Djmuckel on 11.21.10 at 7:18

whow, hope that many people will find only this link. I searched a long time…..Thanks a lot!

#34 David on 11.27.10 at 3:19

This solution works under Snow Leopard – thanks !!

#35 vadim on 12.02.10 at 17:38

finally!
thanks a lot !

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#37 Mark on 12.29.10 at 16:22

Finally it worked, thank you for that

#38 Bob on 12.31.10 at 12:43

Thanks this has finally made my laser printer work! However it takes a long time for it to print, any ideas?

#39 niccy on 01.05.11 at 15:58

I chose the P2055dn because of auto-duplexing and the standard 128MB of RAM. I was initially disappointed by the poor print quality and noise of the printer with the factory default settings. After digging into the clunky, digital-only manual and much trial and error, I created new HP Printing Shortcuts for 1-sided and 2-sided documents with ProRes quality instead of the default FastRes quality, and I set the default Printing Shortcut to be my new 1-sided definition.See Here: HP Officejet Printer

#40 Josie on 01.08.11 at 9:11

OMG thank you so much! took me soooo long to find a solution that i wanted to cry! You rock!

#41 Rodrigo Figueroa on 01.24.11 at 15:35

Thanks thanks thanks!!!! After searching and trying a LOT of procedures, this is the only I have found that works.

#42 Simon on 02.02.11 at 10:17

Thanks for the tip – the only bit worth adding is that the driver is specifically HP Laserjet 1022, 1.3.0.261 in the Mac Os printer utility.
I need to raise the quality of output print to make it darker but cannot find a simple way in to do this – also the supply levels button has no available information – any suggestions please?

#43 Tobias Södergren on 02.03.11 at 14:41

Hi Bob. No, I’m just happy that I could use my printer again and I haven’t looked into any details.

#44 Tobias Södergren on 02.03.11 at 14:43

Hi Simon, I am just happy that I got anything out of the printer again so I cannot help you there.

#45 inkjet printer on 02.13.11 at 3:42

yes you are right many people are facing the same problem and i was one of them before reading this post. Please keep doing these type of helpful stuff.

#46 Peggy on 02.14.11 at 21:53

Thank you!!! I tried numerous options, this one finally did it ).

#47 Marcin on 02.17.11 at 12:35

you are the best! thank you!

#48 Ryokan on 02.26.11 at 23:31

You have the best and simplistic directions on how to install a HP 1020 laser printer. You’re the BOMB DUDE! Much easier than any other time I had to install the printer. Makes me happy I got this laser printer now. Keep up the great work.

#49 Atan on 04.02.11 at 15:35

Best solution by far. I was wondering why HP doesn’t even have the updated driver since it is posted on apple website as well. Anyway, i am happy with the solution. Thanks!

#50 Karla on 04.11.11 at 14:14

Thanks, that was v. helpful.

The dwn is 450M though…

K

#51 N on 04.13.11 at 3:46

Hi,

While I was able to install the printer driver and everything seems to be working in theory (documents are sent to the printing queue and seem to be printed normally), the printer itself does not print anything!

Anyone encountered the same problem?

I’m running OS X 10.6.7

thanks for any hint

#52 Tobias Södergren on 04.13.11 at 14:33

Hi N, have you tried power-cycle the computer and the printer?

I guess you have, just checking…

Regards,
Tobias

#53 John Monro on 04.18.11 at 0:11

Thanks. It works!! I have been managing to print through my daughter’s iMac on an earlier Mac OS X , but she’s now left home. The saga of the HP 1020 has been so frustrating, HP insists that this printer was never intended for Mac OS X, but why then was there a big “Mac Compatible” on the box, that’s why I bought it. The work-arounds were fine though until Snow Leopard.

#54 pheakin on 04.20.11 at 12:07

thanks!
i use the max os x 10.6.7,it works well!
thanks

#55 HImanshu Mahajan on 04.27.11 at 20:14

Hello
Great work. It worked in the first time only.
Thanks.

regards
Mahajan Inc.

#56 Saul Rosenberg on 05.23.11 at 9:25

I’ve been trying forever, half a dozen guides from different sites, and this is the first one that worked. Thank you, thank you, thank you! <3Sweden<3

#57 Tim Howell on 06.25.11 at 8:21

I too thought I had a dead 1020 printer after moving to Mac. Tried loads of other tricks ‘n’ tips but none worked or were as easy as your method. Yes it worked first time. Thank you so much

#58 Paul on 07.03.11 at 0:12

Thank you so much for blogging about it!

#59 Marie on 07.05.11 at 15:31

Thank you!!! I had spend all day trying to connect my new iMac to a wireless HP 7400 printer. My iMac could see the printer, but not print. Other Macs on the network could print. Extremely frustrated until I finally found your advice. Downloaded and installed the drivers, then hit command P to print a test document, chose the printer from “nearby printers” from the drop down and instant success. I can’t thank you enough for your blog and just wanted to say that it worked for another HP printer as well.

#60 Kevin S. on 07.25.11 at 17:24

Any updates on getting this to work with Lion?

#61 Aleksandar on 07.27.11 at 19:53

It is so great that You shared this with us You saved another HP LJ 1020 printers life:)

#62 Andreas on 07.27.11 at 20:11

Kevin. I tried to transfer my HP Laserjet 1022, 1.3.0.261 PPD manually to Lion to the same location on the hard drive. That failed. Anyone else?

#63 pmcarrion on 07.28.11 at 9:38

This also applies for Lion:
Download and install HP drivers from Apple’s website.
Add printer, select LaserJet 1020, select printer software, type 1022 in the search field, press OK and add the 1020 printer to Lion.
Works flawlessly.

#64 CEE202 on 08.16.11 at 8:28

Thank you so much, this is very helpful for OS X Lion. i selected the 1022 driver for my 1020 printer and its working!

#65 Jochem on 08.17.11 at 22:19

Hi Tobias: Have you tried to get this printer to work with a Mac OS X Lion? Jochem

#66 Jochem on 08.17.11 at 22:20

Sorry should have read the comments properly first. Thanks!

#67 dan on 08.21.11 at 22:25

updated for os x lion on a macbook air:

1 – download the giant hp 2.7 driver dmb listed above (500mb)
2 – install
3 – plug in printer, go to system preferences
4 – add your printer, selecting the hp 1022 software from the newly installed hp drivers
5 – works like a charm

#68 JC on 08.24.11 at 5:29

You are hereby nominated for geek of the year!

#69 MW on 08.25.11 at 13:17

Many thanks for this! Had no problem getting the 1020 to work with Lion with this workaround. Corporate greed is no match for Geek Power. Saved me several hundred bucks on a new printer.

#70 Alexander on 08.25.11 at 21:25

Great! Now HP 1020 works in Lion, even connected over network via Time Capsule.

#71 Philgin on 08.28.11 at 7:25

for Lion (at least that’s where I did this):
NO NEED to download the entire 500mb file..
1. Install your printer using the built in 1022 v1.2 printer driver
2. Hit Software Update and install..
3. You’re done. You’re driver is now 1.3 or later

Thanks Tobias for giving me the idea of using 1022 driver..

#72 Sara G on 09.04.11 at 8:19

Thanks so much for these instructions – they work beautifully! One question though – is anyone else having issues printing double sided? The button for two-sided printing seems to be grayed out.

Thanks again!

#73 Marvelous on 09.19.11 at 23:12

Thank you very much for your blog post, Tobias! I just followed your above instructions on both a Snow Leopard MacBook Pro and a Lion MacBook Pro, and it works like a charm! Your blog post saved our family a lot of money because we did not need to go out and buy new printers to work with our Snow Leopard and Lion Macs!

#74 Meow Meow on 09.21.11 at 3:35

U are the best, you save my printer’s life… haha.. good job!!!!!

#75 Preps on 09.28.11 at 16:44

1.5 year later and still works this tip, great!!

You’d help me to fix my boss’s new Macbook air with Lion

Best regards

#76 peter on 09.30.11 at 13:07

Maestro,

much appreciated.

regards

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#78 Srini on 10.15.11 at 9:59

Thanks. Saved my day.

#79 Nicolas on 10.22.11 at 3:36

y r the best my friend
regards
NM

#80 ruborg on 10.30.11 at 23:56

Thanks a lot! I tried several methods I found in different websites but none of them worked. After following your instructions my Snow Leopard managed to print out its first document! Regards.

#81 madcato on 11.02.11 at 16:36

Thank you very much. It woks perfectly on my Lion.

I think that I will never use my HP Laserjet 1020 anymore.

#82 chris herbert on 11.06.11 at 3:22

i thought that i would have to buy a new printer but now….it’s alive! thanks to you!

#83 Philippe on 11.12.11 at 21:06

Thank’s a lot, i was looking for a way to make it work for so long

#84 Alist on 11.14.11 at 8:04

thanks for your info.

Confirmed this method works in OS Lion !

#85 Cihan Ertan on 11.16.11 at 9:23

I am pretty new to use MacBook Pro and I could have been using my Hp 1020. I followed your instructions and I am able to use it right now. Thanks a lot!

#86 eva novak on 11.16.11 at 21:58

thank you so much for this clear & elaborate supervision tobias ! i am very happy !!!! all worked fine

#87 jcbaz on 11.18.11 at 6:26

I have a os x 10.6.8 and it doesn’t work. It worked in the past with previous version but not with this one. Too bad. Anyone with 10.6.8 managed to make it work?

#88 Dave Gould on 11.22.11 at 23:32

Thank you, thank you! Works great with my MacBook Air!

#89 Ronald on 11.28.11 at 2:55

After following the steps, I could print if the HP1020 is directly connect to the MacBook Pro OS Lion. How I could not make it work through a home network:

HP 1020 connected to a Vista: Print job start on the MacBook Pro can be seen on the Vista’s print que, but it just sits there.

If I reboot my Vista, it will print out automatically after the Vista is back.
Any help will be appreciated.

#90 Ronald on 11.28.11 at 4:05

More on the last post

I have tried to reboot Mac, HP1020.
Also reboot Vista is needed every time to print something from Mac.

#91 Kate on 11.29.11 at 20:31

You saved me
Thank you so much !

#92 juliano spyer on 11.30.11 at 1:01

you are a savior. thank you for sharing!soryt

#93 Manuel on 12.02.11 at 16:30

Thanks for the support! The HP staff are still thinking that you can’t use 1020 with mac…

#94 Christian on 12.10.11 at 10:25

Great,
Had the printer running on Lion before I reinstalled my iMac. You saved me a lot of time to find out again…. Thank you!

#95 frin on 12.15.11 at 9:47

They changed the link for support page and it is now http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907

#96 Bart on 12.16.11 at 10:14

Awesome!!

Worked like a charm on my HP1020.

for Lion 10.7.2 driver HP Laserjet 1022,1.3.0.261

Thank You!!!

#97 Umer on 12.28.11 at 13:46

it works like a magic……
thanks Tobias

#98 Adam on 01.01.12 at 15:50

Dear Sir, you are the man.

#99 Mr Ozing on 01.06.12 at 13:35

Thank you so very much! Works like a gem!

#100 Moema on 01.07.12 at 19:34

Thank you so much! You’ve made my week!

#101 Upkaar Singh on 01.19.12 at 6:42

You sir, are AWESOME =)

Thanks a Bunch!!!!!

#102 Rafael on 01.26.12 at 2:29

Man, it worked perfectly with my MAC OS X 10.7.2. I selected the driver of hp 1022 to my 1020 printer. Very good tip, HP drove me crazy when it said it does not support hp 1020 for MAC OS.

#103 Ryan on 02.04.12 at 18:17

Thanks Tobias!! This worked for me!! Running Lion 10.7 on Mac Book Pro.

#104 Heather on 02.07.12 at 2:39

How can I get it to print wirelessly? I am on a Mac Pro. Thanks!

#105 Chris on 02.07.12 at 23:20

The link to Apple seems to be broken. Any other place I can get it?
Thanks!

#106 Chris on 02.08.12 at 1:23

Please forgive, but I’m a new Mac convert (Lion 7.3) The file that I downloaded, is here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=lj-31696-2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=219&product=439322&sw_lang=
Is this just an installer for the full download? When I click on the .dmg file (~4.3MB) it acts as if it is installing the drivers but upon adding the HP 1020 printer, the Mac recognizes it, but when I click on which software to use, the 1022 that I downloaded doesn’t come up. Please help. Thanks!

#107 cacatman on 02.08.12 at 5:57

Thanks so much for this. I have 2 of these printers. You just saved my bacon!

#108 Pablo on 02.09.12 at 1:04

Thanks a billion, you’re a miracle.

#109 Neil on 02.09.12 at 5:30

Worked great on my Mac Mini. FYI the newest printer driver package from HP is nearly 700 MB installed. Yikes.

#110 albert on 02.11.12 at 17:44

WOW that worked like a charm, thanks for the post!

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