HP LJ 1020 and Mac OSX Snow Leopard

Garoolgan · Garoolgan #1 (**permalink**)

05-27-2011, 11:39 AM

Several years ago I had an HP LJ1020 running on my MacBook Pro. I swapped this printer out for an Ethernet connected LJ printer but a few weeks ago the HP LJ 1020 was given back to me. It still works and it came back with 2 full cartridges go I gave it to my son who also has a MacBook.

There doesn't seem to be an HP 1020 printer driver available for Mac OSX and I can't for the life of me remember what I used to make it work back then.....most probably because of old age!

I've found an HP LJ 1022 driver for Mac OSX but I don't know whether it can be used.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance - Garoolgan

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

05-27-2011, 01:01 PM

There are no OS X drivers for the 1020. It seems this was a Windows only printer, however, some folks have claimed they could get it to work somewhat by using the open printer drivers for the 1022. You can give that a try if you wish. Download the drivers from here.

Garoolgan · Garoolgan #3 (**permalink**)

05-28-2011, 04:55 AM

Thanks for your advice chsag. We've managed to get it going.... and it runs very well not even taking into consideration its' age!
Garoolgan

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,955 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	05-27-2011, 01:01 PM There are no OS X drivers for the 1020. It seems this was a Windows only printer, however, some folks have claimed they could get it to work somewhat by using the open printer drivers for the 1022. You can give that a try if you wish. Download the drivers from here. Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Apr 26, 2008 Posts: 20	05-27-2011, 11:39 AM Several years ago I had an HP LJ1020 running on my MacBook Pro. I swapped this printer out for an Ethernet connected LJ printer but a few weeks ago the HP LJ 1020 was given back to me. It still works and it came back with 2 full cartridges go I gave it to my son who also has a MacBook. There doesn't seem to be an HP 1020 printer driver available for Mac OSX and I can't for the life of me remember what I used to make it work back then.....most probably because of old age! I've found an HP LJ 1022 driver for Mac OSX but I don't know whether it can be used. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance - Garoolgan
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