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Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1.

From Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.printing, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
Subject Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1.
Date 2021-01-16 18:25 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrns06bs5.2ogv.g.kreme@m1mini.local> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <rtdrag$mf9$1@dont-email.me> <H82dnVvpPPMMFWfCnZ2dnUU7-LfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <rte20e$po8$1@dont-email.me> <fIudneQyKai1C2fCnZ2dnUU7-R_NnZ2d@earthlink.com> <rtv4jc$dcd$1@dont-email.me>

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In message <rtv4jc$dcd$1@dont-email.me> Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
>> > Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC 
>> > driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel 
>> > iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond 
>> > that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might 
>> > keep the old iMac around just to use for printing. 
>> 
>> Ah. What about https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?

> Hey thanks! That totally worked, I have all my printer features back! 
> Strange that HP does not make that driver available,

No it's not. HP is a shit company that does not want to support their
products in the belief that people will be stupid enough o keep
replacing them with other HP products.

> and that Big Sur could not locate it from Apple on its own. I didn't
> even think to search the Apple support site for an updated driver.

Apple defers to the manufacturer.


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whole life into the Nuremberg trials.

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Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-12-30 03:23 -0600
  Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-12-30 17:22 +0000
    Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-12-30 16:30 -0600
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    Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2021-01-10 03:12 +0000
      Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-01-09 22:54 -0600
        Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2021-01-10 05:06 +0000
          Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-01-09 23:52 -0600
            Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2021-01-16 16:34 +0000
              Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2021-01-16 18:25 +0000
                Re: Missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's   clean installed updated macOS Big Sur v11.1. Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2021-01-16 21:11 +0000
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