Restore your HP Scanner functionality on MacOS Big Sur and higher, without relying on HP Smart and other Applications!
Tested using an HP Photosmart 5510d with Scanner capability over AirPrint, using Ventura 13.0 and a clean install of Sonoma 14.4.
HP 5.1.1 Printer Software Update
Note: File is 585MB!
Extract Devices.zip
, you will have 3 apps extracted.
These are apps/plugins that enable the scanner functionality in macOS.
Copy:
HP M1130_M1210 Scanner.app
HP Scanner 3.app
HPScanner.app
to /Library/Image Capture/Devices
For a wireless printer, choose the driver from the package and not the auto-detected one).
This may take a couple of tries. In my case, the Driver version is 4.2.5 while the basic macOS driver version is 2.x or 3.0x
You can verify it works correctly by opening System Information > Printers and looking for a line that reads 'Scanning Support: Yes'
A reboot is necessary to have the scanner show up in Image Capture.
Open Image Capture, with your printer/scanner powered on and you should see it in the left under 'Shared Devices'. Select it, and an Overview scan should be automatically performed.