Before my wife upgrades to Mojave, we decided to see if her HP Inkjet 6940 printer (bought in 2008!) would work with my 2017 iMac which already runs the new OS. I hooked it up and opened the Printers & Scanners pane. I immediate got a message asking me if I wanted to install the software for the HP printer. HP's EasyScan from the Mac App Store was released in Nov. They only had the High Sierra Finder to test against, and the Mojave Finder has been substantially tweaked since High Sierra. Time will tell if HP will update EasyScan (short term) for Mojave.
Your Mac does not have malware, it's just got printer drivers that HP mistakenly asked Apple to block. Here's how to work around the problem.
Hewlett Packard has now explained the recent spate of Mac printer problems that saw users being warned of 'malware' — but it hasn't yet solved it. While HP and Apple are reportedly working together to resolve the issue, users are still being prompted with warnings saying it 'will damage your computer.'
'We unintentionally revoked credentials on some older versions of Mac drivers,' said a HP spokesperson. 'This caused a temporary disruption for those customers and we are working with Apple to restore the drivers. In the meantime, we recommend users experiencing this problem to uninstall the HP driver and use the native AirPrint driver to print to their printer.' Download free foxit reader software.
As previously reported, AirPrint is the answer if you need to actually print anything out. To get rid of the repeating error message, though, you may still need to take certain steps.
- Go to System Preferences
- Click on Printers & Scanners
- Choose your HP printer from the Printers list on the left
- Click the minus sign at bottom left
- In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Printers/hp
- Drag the printer driver to the trash
- Go back to System Preferences
- Click on Printers & Scanners if it doesn't open at that
- Click the plus sign at bottom left and re-add the printer
To go the ~/Library/Printers/hp folder, go to the Finder and choose Go, Go to folder.. Install microsoft office for macbook air. from the menus. Or press Command-Shift-G.
Remove the old printer driver and then add your printer again
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This will clearly delete the printer driver, but what it then does is force your Mac to download a new copy. Once you've re-added the printer, it will be using the new, updated driver and should work correctly.
These steps should fix the issue because HP has effectively undone its mistake. According to The Eclectic Light Company, the problem was that what HP asked Apple to do was revoke its security certificate for the file 'HPDeviceMonitoring.framework.' In theory, then, this can just be un-revoked.
However, The Eclectic Light Company says that at time of writing, users are still reporting what appear to be related problems. If you're in that situation, there currently seems no better alternative than contacting HP support.
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HP Easy Scan is designed specifically for use with your HP scanner or multifunction printer. With features such as automatic photo detection, multi-page document processing, text recognition (OCR)[1], and PDF file output, HP Easy Scan will help you get the most value from your HP product.
Easy to use presets let you quickly choose scan settings that are optimized for whatever you are scanning. Simply place your content on the scanner, select a preset, and click the Scan button.
HP Easy Scan uses the Apple ICA scan protocol and will work with any HP device that is supported by an ICA scan driver. Make sure that you have installed the latest HP ICA driver for your product — available online from www.hp.com/support or via Apple Software Update.
Notes:
[1] Text recognition is only available on certain HP products.
Easy to use presets let you quickly choose scan settings that are optimized for whatever you are scanning. Simply place your content on the scanner, select a preset, and click the Scan button.
HP Easy Scan uses the Apple ICA scan protocol and will work with any HP device that is supported by an ICA scan driver. Make sure that you have installed the latest HP ICA driver for your product — available online from www.hp.com/support or via Apple Software Update.
Notes:
[1] Text recognition is only available on certain HP products.
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Not working on Mac
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Works fine on MBP/Mojave
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