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I eventually got it working with some 3rd party tools, but then the printer power supply died. This printer, though mostly functional when connected to a Windows box, did not work without significant amounts of effort when connected to a Mac. Customer support at HP was not helpful in resolving my Mac connectivity issues. I called HP customer support again and was told to buy a new HP printer.Needless to say, this is the last HP printer I will own. I suggest looking at some of the Brother models instead.
Somehow my husband managed to rig this for OS X, but when we upgraded to Snow Leopard we could not get the iMac and this printer to talk to each other. When it was working it was great. Only buy this printer if you run a PC. Yes, HP has an alleged Mac driver on its website but it is completely worthless.
It woorks very well.But when I cancel it because of error, it took forever to cancel.So I can't wait anymore an I turn off and turn on gain.Sometimes I use next printer in other to finish it quickly.This is not convenient compare to other printer.
They are simple, no-frills, monochrome laser printers that I have found to do a decent job, although there is a reportedly a bug in the spooler when dealing with large PDF files. Vista already has built-in HP drivers for this printer that will work fine.- Do NOT "connect" to this printer as you normally would for a network printer share.(I.e., navigating to \\HOSTNAME\PRINTERNAME, right-clicking, and selecting "connect").Instead:- Go to Control Panel --> Printers (or Start --> Printers)- Select "Add a Printer" in the top menu- Select "Add a Local Printer"(Bear with me, this will become network printer)- Select "Create a New Port"- Select "Local Port"(Continue bearing with me, this will become a network printer)- Select "Next"- A dialogue box will appear for you to "Enter A Port Name"- Enter the absolute network path to the printer, i.e., \\HOSTNAME\PRINTERNAME- Select "OK"- A dialogue box will appear having you select the printer from a list of pre-installed drivers in Vista, choose HP on left and Laserjet 1020 on right.Don't worry, this will be a proprietary HP driver for the Laserjet 1020 under Vista and not just a Microsoft basic printer driver.You will have full functionality and options. These printers were (are) a dime-a-dozen and can be found on the cheap (~$40). I had the same headache that many others have faced (google reveals many forums on this subject, "Laserjet 1020 will only print test pages over a LAN") getting this printer to work by "connecting" to it as a printer share. Double clicking it shows the printer que, just the same as if the printer truly was local.Only small caveat with this method is that since the drivers are really "attached" to the port, the remote printer is always going to appear online and "Ready" even if it is turned off.Works fine with Linux (all distros, all arch) as well. Read the other reviews and forums for the details. Install the printer on the host (local) machine and share as you normally would, however on the client (remote) machine(s):- Do NOT install any drivers.
(Test it out by printing a test page, printing from a web browser, word processor, etc).A nice advantage to installing the printer in this manner is that since the printer is "local" (although using remote port), you will have full control over all the print options in the driver. I happened to come across a couple of these printers (still New-In-Box) and hung them off a couple computers. - The printer should now be in your list of printers and working over the network. The purpose of this "review" is to possibly save others from the headache I first had with these printers when trying to access them across a LAN as a printer share under Windows Vista (64). However, I finally did get it to work wonderfully over a network. A printer icon will also appear in your system tray when you print as well. Download and build the drivers from source.[.].
Printer was in excellent condition and came in short time. Would buy from them again
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