HP Laserjet 1020 driver for OSX

buntschi · 06-14-2005, 06:03 AM

Would anyone know where I could find a printer driver for my HP Laserjet 1020 under Mac OS 10.3?

Many thanks for your help.

Daniel

yellow · 06-14-2005, 06:18 AM

Apparently there are no Mac OS X ppds for it.

You'll have to try the generic ppd.

gsahli · 06-14-2005, 10:43 AM

I'd try the HP Laserjet 5 Series, Gimp-Print, driver (built-in on Panther & Tiger).

(The generic ppd is for postscript printers)

antman4 · 07-05-2005, 08:49 AM

Hello,

I would like to apply a generic or GIMP PPD to use my HP laserjet 1020, which I've bought in error, but when i use Add Printer in the Printer Utility and choose USB printer, i am unable to do any more than watch the Utility try to find a driver and fail. What can I do to force the OS to use a different PPD?

Thanks in advance.

doug

gaboosh · 07-08-2005, 06:45 PM

Has anyone been able to get an HP LaserJet 1020 to print from 10.4.1?

I've connected it using a USB 2.0 cable and used the HP LaserJet 5 Gimp driver. When I click print, it goes through and the print center says the document prints successfully, but the green light on the printer doesn't even blink.

The gentleman at Staples (why didn't I go to the Apple Store?) said this would work with my Mac (again, why didn't I go to the Apple Store?) and now I'm a bit frustrated.

Can anyone shine some light for me?

Thanks a lot,

Gabriel

giskard22 · 07-08-2005, 08:49 PM

If the guy at Staples gave you bad information, you can probably scream bloody murder to the manager and get them to take the item back.

DeltaMac · 07-08-2005, 09:50 PM

I usually recommend reading the system requirements on the outside of the box. If it doesn't mention the Mac, then look for a different printer. There's some exceptions to that, but the low end printers usually are not Postscript, and some rely on Windows software to work, and not just the drivers.

gaboosh · 07-08-2005, 09:57 PM

Yeah, checking the box isn't always the tell all, though. Guess I'll be going back to Staples.

Thanks anyway guys.

g.

cnjo · 07-09-2005, 10:06 PM

I downloaded the 1022 driver from HP today. During the install it said it was for the 1020 series. The device scan recognized the driver and I successfully printed a few pages of varing complexity. I'm left wondering why HP's 1020 pages don't lead to the same driver. Here's hoping nothing crops up down the road.

gaboosh · 07-10-2005, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cnjo


	I downloaded the 1022 driver from HP today.

It works!

Thank you, you are glorious.

g.

cjp · 08-04-2005, 03:57 PM

I can definitely confirm that there is an HP driver for the 1020. Hp doesn't include it in the box and it's not on HP's website under Support and Drivers if you choose the 1020. HOWEVER if you choose the 1022 printer you'll see Mac drivers listed. On brand new machines with Tiger we have used the installer found under the 1022 listing on HP's website and it says (twice) while you're installing the driver that it is the 1020 SERIES driver. We then tell the Mac to detect printers and it correctly finds the 1020 connected to the USB port. Printing from standard office apps and also from a proprietary curriculum application has shown no anomolies thus far.

Again ... if this was a kludge I would have expected to see a 1022 in the available printers list. Instead I saw the 1020, properly identified, ON the USB and it printed correctly.

I'm inclined to believe HP simply dropped the ball on this one.

cjp
SUNY Buffalo

dankney · 08-08-2005, 05:05 PM

I just tried to install it using this driver and fairly poor results. It technically worked, but it was extremely slow ( < 1ppm) even printing simple text documents.

This 1020s is definitely being exchanged towards 1022s.

-- Don Ankney

shamu1315 · 09-06-2005, 04:49 PM

Thanks for the heads up on the 1020 "series" driver over in the 1022 page. Worked great, and seems to have no problems at all.

I'm surprised that HP hasn't linked the 1022 page back to the 1020 page for all us long-time pagan Mac users out here. We got the 1020 for "back to school", price was right, and it seemed like a good choice. Was a bit befuddled by the initial HP page listing only Winders drivers, and almost packed it all back up and took it back to the MegaStore, until I found this forum. Thanks for your help.

Lippsy · 10-21-2005, 05:23 PM

I registered on these forums just to say thanks for this information. I would have probably returned this printer otherwise.

extstudios · 10-23-2005, 05:42 PM

Does anyone know if this will work over a network? I've got a 1020, and when hooked up to my Mac it works perfectly (using the 1022 driver); however, when I plug it into my PC (Windows XP SP2) I can't print to it. I've tried the generic driver, the Zenographics Mono SDK driver, and so forth.. nothing works.

For some reason "HP LaserJet 1022" isn't even an option when selecting the printer model, but as I said earlier, I know it works when connected directly to my Mac via USB.

The only reason I want to hook it up to my PC is because that machine is always on, always on the network, and it's a desktop that won't move. My Mac is a PowerBook.

Any ideas? I've scoured my hard disk and one thing I have noticed is that there's no file for this printer at /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj, which strikes me as odd because - again - it works perfectly when plugged in directly, including noting a PPD file version and everything. I've also checked the location at /System/... but that appears to be for Apple's own printers.

giskard22 · 10-23-2005, 07:18 PM

There may be someone on this board who can give the full technical reasons behind this problem; I've never quite gotten the details. There seem to be 2 classes of printer drivers for OS X: ones that assume USB communication, and ones that are network-capable. Network-capable seems to require a PostScript-capable printer (or equivalent, like HP's PCL). This basically means that the computer sends the printer descriptions of what to print, and the printer does the actual rendering. Raster printers, like most consumer inkjets -- and apparently some cheap lasers like the 1020 -- require that the computer itself do the render and send it to the printer. These drivers seem to require a direct connection like USB.

With the exception of Mac-to-Mac printer sharing via Rendezvous/Bonjour, there doesn't seem to be a simple way of using raster-type drivers for network printing.

edit: I'm not sure how other manufacturer's represent it, but if you get the PDF specs for the 1020 under "Languages" it says merely "host-based printing." Slightly better printers, like the 1320n, say "HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, Postscript Level 2 emulation with automatic language switching." That's generally the clue that it's a network-capable printer, because the computer can just send the PostScript output.

extstudios · 10-23-2005, 11:07 PM

I figured as much.. I bought it because it was $50 off at OfficeMax.

I'm just wondering why the Ghostscript pipe trick didn't work on my version of Windows.

extstudios · 10-26-2005, 07:06 PM

UPDATE:

It works! I rebooted my Mac and now the Zenographics Mono SDK driver is working perfectly!

So you know.. I'm not the average baffoon. My primary Mac is my PowerBook, which I just close and open when I need it. As such, I can easily go months between reboots, and I'm not used to needing a reboot after installing printer drivers.

Anyhow, it works over the network. Crisp and clear. Just thought I'd let you guys know.

Here's the driver page: http://oem.zeno.com/public/SDK/4_Mac...er/Default.htm

tomjay · 12-29-2005, 01:21 PM

I contacted HP Support to let them know that their support pages for the LaserJet 1020 should mention that the LaserJet 1022 driver for OS X is compatible, and that the printer will work just fine with the substitute driver. Instead of a pleasant "thank you", I got the following snarky reply:

"We understand from your e-mail that you have discovered that the HP LaserJet 1020 can be used on a Macintosh computer with the driver for the HP LaserJet 1022. This information is not mentioned on the support site for the LaserJet 1020.

"The reason that the driver for the LaserJet 1022 is not mentioned as a solution to use the LaserJet 1020 with the Macintosh operating systems is that the driver for the LaserJet 1022 was never intended to be used with the LaserJet 1020. The LaserJet 1020 is not supported on the Macintosh operating systems. If it was, there would have been a separate driver created for it for use with Macintosh. We cannot guarantee that the LaserJet 1020 will continue to function with the current driver, and any damage caused to the printer or your computer will not be covered under warranty."

An incorrect driver voiding the warranty? Whoever heard of such a thing!

DeltaMac · 12-30-2005, 07:10 AM

tomjay - HP is just saying that the 1022 driver supports the 1020 by accident, and not by design, and HP will not guarantee that the next system update (or driver update) that will continue to work.
Yes, the driver is just software, but is used to control a mechanical device.
Damage to the printer could occur if the driver (updated) or the system software (updated) causes the printer to reposition the head, cartridge, or scanner mechanism in a way that is not mechanically possible, either jamming the printer, or even causing some moving part to fail. HP is saying they will not accept responsibility for that possibility (however unlikely that would be)

06-14-2005, 06:03 AM	#1
buntschi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1	HP Laserjet 1020 driver for OSX Would anyone know where I could find a printer driver for my HP Laserjet 1020 under Mac OS 10.3? Many thanks for your help. Daniel

07-05-2005, 08:49 AM	#4
antman4 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	HP laserjet 1020 Hello, I would like to apply a generic or GIMP PPD to use my HP laserjet 1020, which I've bought in error, but when i use Add Printer in the Printer Utility and choose USB printer, i am unable to do any more than watch the Utility try to find a driver and fail. What can I do to force the OS to use a different PPD? Thanks in advance. doug

07-08-2005, 06:45 PM	#5
gaboosh Prospect Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3	HP LaserJet 1020 Has anyone been able to get an HP LaserJet 1020 to print from 10.4.1? I've connected it using a USB 2.0 cable and used the HP LaserJet 5 Gimp driver. When I click print, it goes through and the print center says the document prints successfully, but the green light on the printer doesn't even blink. The gentleman at Staples (why didn't I go to the Apple Store?) said this would work with my Mac (again, why didn't I go to the Apple Store?) and now I'm a bit frustrated. Can anyone shine some light for me? Thanks a lot, Gabriel

08-08-2005, 05:05 PM	#12
dankney Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1	Not a good solution I just tried to install it using this driver and fairly poor results. It technically worked, but it was extremely slow ( < 1ppm) even printing simple text documents. This 1020s is definitely being exchanged towards 1022s. -- Don Ankney

09-06-2005, 04:49 PM	#13
shamu1315 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	OS X driver for HP LJ1020 Thanks for the heads up on the 1020 "series" driver over in the 1022 page. Worked great, and seems to have no problems at all. I'm surprised that HP hasn't linked the 1022 page back to the 1020 page for all us long-time pagan Mac users out here. We got the 1020 for "back to school", price was right, and it seemed like a good choice. Was a bit befuddled by the initial HP page listing only Winders drivers, and almost packed it all back up and took it back to the MegaStore, until I found this forum. Thanks for your help.

06-14-2005, 06:18 AM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	Apparently there are no Mac OS X ppds for it. You'll have to try the generic ppd.

06-14-2005, 10:43 AM	#3
gsahli MVP Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,264	I'd try the HP Laserjet 5 Series, Gimp-Print, driver (built-in on Panther & Tiger). (The generic ppd is for postscript printers)

07-08-2005, 08:49 PM	#6
giskard22 Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,272	If the guy at Staples gave you bad information, you can probably scream bloody murder to the manager and get them to take the item back.

07-08-2005, 09:50 PM	#7
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,531	I usually recommend reading the system requirements on the outside of the box. If it doesn't mention the Mac, then look for a different printer. There's some exceptions to that, but the low end printers usually are not Postscript, and some rely on Windows software to work, and not just the drivers.

07-08-2005, 09:57 PM	#8
gaboosh Prospect Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3	Yeah, checking the box isn't always the tell all, though. Guess I'll be going back to Staples. Thanks anyway guys. g.

07-09-2005, 10:06 PM	#9
cnjo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	I downloaded the 1022 driver from HP today. During the install it said it was for the 1020 series. The device scan recognized the driver and I successfully printed a few pages of varing complexity. I'm left wondering why HP's 1020 pages don't lead to the same driver. Here's hoping nothing crops up down the road.

08-04-2005, 03:57 PM	#11
cjp Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1	I can definitely confirm that there is an HP driver for the 1020. Hp doesn't include it in the box and it's not on HP's website under Support and Drivers if you choose the 1020. HOWEVER if you choose the 1022 printer you'll see Mac drivers listed. On brand new machines with Tiger we have used the installer found under the 1022 listing on HP's website and it says (twice) while you're installing the driver that it is the 1020 SERIES driver. We then tell the Mac to detect printers and it correctly finds the 1020 connected to the USB port. Printing from standard office apps and also from a proprietary curriculum application has shown no anomolies thus far. Again ... if this was a kludge I would have expected to see a 1022 in the available printers list. Instead I saw the 1020, properly identified, ON the USB and it printed correctly. I'm inclined to believe HP simply dropped the ball on this one. cjp SUNY Buffalo

10-21-2005, 05:23 PM	#14
Lippsy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	I registered on these forums just to say thanks for this information. I would have probably returned this printer otherwise.

10-23-2005, 05:42 PM	#15
extstudios Prospect Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3	Does anyone know if this will work over a network? I've got a 1020, and when hooked up to my Mac it works perfectly (using the 1022 driver); however, when I plug it into my PC (Windows XP SP2) I can't print to it. I've tried the generic driver, the Zenographics Mono SDK driver, and so forth.. nothing works. For some reason "HP LaserJet 1022" isn't even an option when selecting the printer model, but as I said earlier, I know it works when connected directly to my Mac via USB. The only reason I want to hook it up to my PC is because that machine is always on, always on the network, and it's a desktop that won't move. My Mac is a PowerBook. Any ideas? I've scoured my hard disk and one thing I have noticed is that there's no file for this printer at /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj, which strikes me as odd because - again - it works perfectly when plugged in directly, including noting a PPD file version and everything. I've also checked the location at /System/... but that appears to be for Apple's own printers.

10-23-2005, 07:18 PM	#16
giskard22 Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,272	There may be someone on this board who can give the full technical reasons behind this problem; I've never quite gotten the details. There seem to be 2 classes of printer drivers for OS X: ones that assume USB communication, and ones that are network-capable. Network-capable seems to require a PostScript-capable printer (or equivalent, like HP's PCL). This basically means that the computer sends the printer descriptions of what to print, and the printer does the actual rendering. Raster printers, like most consumer inkjets -- and apparently some cheap lasers like the 1020 -- require that the computer itself do the render and send it to the printer. These drivers seem to require a direct connection like USB. With the exception of Mac-to-Mac printer sharing via Rendezvous/Bonjour, there doesn't seem to be a simple way of using raster-type drivers for network printing. edit: I'm not sure how other manufacturer's represent it, but if you get the PDF specs for the 1020 under "Languages" it says merely "host-based printing." Slightly better printers, like the 1320n, say "HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, Postscript Level 2 emulation with automatic language switching." That's generally the clue that it's a network-capable printer, because the computer can just send the PostScript output. Last edited by giskard22; 10-23-2005 at 07:24 PM.

10-23-2005, 11:07 PM	#17
extstudios Prospect Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3	Thanks for the tip.. I figured as much.. I bought it because it was $50 off at OfficeMax. I'm just wondering why the Ghostscript pipe trick didn't work on my version of Windows.

10-26-2005, 07:06 PM	#18
extstudios Prospect Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3	UPDATE: It works! I rebooted my Mac and now the Zenographics Mono SDK driver is working perfectly! So you know.. I'm not the average baffoon. My primary Mac is my PowerBook, which I just close and open when I need it. As such, I can easily go months between reboots, and I'm not used to needing a reboot after installing printer drivers. Anyhow, it works over the network. Crisp and clear. Just thought I'd let you guys know. Here's the driver page: http://oem.zeno.com/public/SDK/4_Mac...er/Default.htm

12-29-2005, 01:21 PM	#19
tomjay Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	HP Support wasn't much help I contacted HP Support to let them know that their support pages for the LaserJet 1020 should mention that the LaserJet 1022 driver for OS X is compatible, and that the printer will work just fine with the substitute driver. Instead of a pleasant "thank you", I got the following snarky reply: "We understand from your e-mail that you have discovered that the HP LaserJet 1020 can be used on a Macintosh computer with the driver for the HP LaserJet 1022. This information is not mentioned on the support site for the LaserJet 1020. "The reason that the driver for the LaserJet 1022 is not mentioned as a solution to use the LaserJet 1020 with the Macintosh operating systems is that the driver for the LaserJet 1022 was never intended to be used with the LaserJet 1020. The LaserJet 1020 is not supported on the Macintosh operating systems. If it was, there would have been a separate driver created for it for use with Macintosh. We cannot guarantee that the LaserJet 1020 will continue to function with the current driver, and any damage caused to the printer or your computer will not be covered under warranty." An incorrect driver voiding the warranty? Whoever heard of such a thing!

12-30-2005, 07:10 AM	#20
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,531	tomjay - HP is just saying that the 1022 driver supports the 1020 by accident, and not by design, and HP will not guarantee that the next system update (or driver update) that will continue to work. Yes, the driver is just software, but is used to control a mechanical device. Damage to the printer could occur if the driver (updated) or the system software (updated) causes the printer to reposition the head, cartridge, or scanner mechanism in a way that is not mechanically possible, either jamming the printer, or even causing some moving part to fail. HP is saying they will not accept responsibility for that possibility (however unlikely that would be)