#HP UTILITY STATUS UNAVAILABLE DESIGNJET DRIVER#

Print management -> Add driver -> Point to that folderĮDIT 4: Here is another great suggestion from, u/Farg_classic**.** Quoting the redditer, '

#HP UTILITY STATUS UNAVAILABLE DESIGNJET SOFTWARE#

That whole folder contains the software AND the INF you need. Task manager -> Details -> Open file location of the wizard executable Run the package but stop at the first window Quoting the redditer, ' Just in case you need a model-specific driver that the universal print driver doesn't work on (I'm aware of the irony, such as P2035n), here's how I work around it on Windows at least.

Not sure if this will work for everyone, but here it is: ĮDIT 3: Here is another solution from u/x_m_n**.** I thought this was great for those looking for a workaround.

#HP UTILITY STATUS UNAVAILABLE DESIGNJET INSTALL#

Appreciate all who has contributed to the discussion so far.ĮDIT 2: Another redditer, u/clickx3**,** brought to my attention a way to install the driver without having to download any other softwares. I could have expressed this better, but based on what many others are saying, my feelings of frustration seemed to be shared by others with different experiences relating to similar issues with HP Printers. The point of my post though was (mostly to express my frustration with HP) to show how bad this HP printer software is when compared to simply installing a driver. ' It is under 'Printing Specifications> Print Languages.) u/RickRussellTX has confirmed that it actually does, and I quote, 'Actually, specs say that it uses PCL. (POST-EDIT: I have seen some have said that the 9010 does not speak PCL. I appreciate those who have pointed this out, as it has made life easier. And pain.ĮDIT: It's been brought to my attention that a universal printer driver exists by several redditer's. TL DR HP Makes printing very difficult with their use of apps and accounts just to print a single piece of paper. I personally feel that this is an attempt to promote and upsell more HP Products with the goal to capitalize on the printing market. Overall, I can't tell what is going through HP's head, but if this is an attempt to modernize printing, then they clearly have no idea what is simple and efficient for an end user. give more information about printer, such as the MAC Address for example. The Menu layout for the HP Smart App is not very intuitive either, as there are printer settings on a tile of the homepage, and then to the right, there is a hamburger menu for other settings as well, which. Not sure if this is just unique to me, but let me know if this has happened to you as well.

#HP UTILITY STATUS UNAVAILABLE DESIGNJET WINDOWS 10#

We finally were able to download and install the drivers right after, but then was prompted with ANOTHER screen asking to install an HP Mobile App onto your phone 'For easy printing on the go' as if air-print doesn't exist.Īfter all of that, I still needed to add the printer onto the computer, which is fine, but for some reason would not appear in the Control Panel, so I had to use the Ugly Windows 10 Printers and Scanners settings menu. This error message appeared several times. If I wasn't there to simply exit the error message, the user would have been really confused. Then after that, it prompts error messages to check the file path or something of the like. Once you reject that prompt, selecting a printer from the list isn't too difficult until you realize that once it tries to add a printer, it asks for confirmation from the touch screen. It does that from the start of the app, which you can reject of course, but I find this to be incredibly annoying still.

This app will ask you several times if you want to create an HP Account. I haven't even gotten to the HP Smart app. That's just the Microsoft Store portion of it. When I opened the App, it asked me to sign into Microsoft again, which I did not have to do, but was still annoying. I had to download HP Smart through the Microsoft Store (gross) and which then prompted me to sign into Microsoft, which I did not have to do, but was still annoying. They do not offer the Printer Drivers separately, unless if I go to a third-party, but in my organization, and I'm sure most, would advise against that for reasons such as malware, security breaches etc. So you would think: 'Cool, lets just go online and install the universal print driver for this printer,' right?Īs far as most modern HP Printers go, they require you to download an app called HP Smart which includes the printer drivers. They set it up on the Wi-Fi with no issues, and their laptop was on Wi-Fi as well. They were using an HP OfficeJet 9010 printer. I recently had to setup a printer for one of my clients while they are working from home.

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