I am trying to add HP P1606DN as a USB printer. The instructions from HP say to use Apple Update via the Printers & Scanners dialog: HP Printers – Installing a Mac Printer Driver Using Apple Software Update.
However nothing shows up in that dialog.
So then what is the correct procedure to download/install printer drivers known /recognized by El Capitan ?
Btw here is the Printers and Scanners after tryng both (a) Apple update and (b) manually installing the HP printer software. In both cases the new printer does not appear
Update the HP printer is giving a dialog "The disk you inserted was not readable by the computer". So maybe this were a case of a problem specific to the printer.
But the thing is – the HP installation info directs us to use Apple Update. So feels like we were going in circles here.
Best Answer
HP has its drivers readily available on its website. Just google the name of the printer.
That led me to this link. Which seems to have the driver you need.
Apple Software Update does not always have the driver you need. It has gotten so that any time I install an HP printer I just google the name for the latest driver as the CD that comes with most printers is Windows only or out of date. Also they often install a bunch of crap advertising HP supplies.