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<blockquote data-quote="flunn" data-source="post: 1379204" data-attributes="member: 57983"><p>Hugh:</p><p></p><p>Yes I certainly hope it doesn't come to the point of having to muck around with system files.</p><p></p><p>Anyway here's what I've done in the last few minutes:</p><p> </p><p>Well here’s what I’ve just done: I went to the HP site and began the download you suggested, this time reading the installation instructions carefully instead of just clicking on the “Continue” buttons. I didn’t get very far though because the first instruction was “Open Print Center / Printer Setup Utility”. I couldn’t find this on my computer and when I did some googling I discovered that (much to the frustration of a lot of Mac users apparently) the Printer Set Up utility doesn’t exist on Leopard. (I believe 10.5.8 which I’m using is a version of Leopard.) Then after some more googling I found this page: </p><p></p><p><a href="https://getsatisfaction.com/apple/topics/no_printer_setup_utility_in_leopard" target="_blank">https://getsatisfaction.com/apple/topics/no_printer_setup_utility_in_leopard</a></p><p></p><p>There, "Alex" gives instructions as to how to get around this problem and I tried to follow them. But when I got to the point where I was asked to enter the IP address given to my printer I was stymied because I have no idea what it is.</p><p></p><p>I’m going to try to phone HP now to see if I can get any help from them. I’ll keep you informed.</p><p></p><p>Forrest</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flunn, post: 1379204, member: 57983"] Hugh: Yes I certainly hope it doesn't come to the point of having to muck around with system files. Anyway here's what I've done in the last few minutes: Well here’s what I’ve just done: I went to the HP site and began the download you suggested, this time reading the installation instructions carefully instead of just clicking on the “Continue” buttons. I didn’t get very far though because the first instruction was “Open Print Center / Printer Setup Utility”. I couldn’t find this on my computer and when I did some googling I discovered that (much to the frustration of a lot of Mac users apparently) the Printer Set Up utility doesn’t exist on Leopard. (I believe 10.5.8 which I’m using is a version of Leopard.) Then after some more googling I found this page: [url]https://getsatisfaction.com/apple/topics/no_printer_setup_utility_in_leopard[/url] There, "Alex" gives instructions as to how to get around this problem and I tried to follow them. But when I got to the point where I was asked to enter the IP address given to my printer I was stymied because I have no idea what it is. I’m going to try to phone HP now to see if I can get any help from them. I’ll keep you informed. Forrest [/QUOTE]
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