The HP Deskjet 3050 is the standard All-in-One printer that came bundled with Macs and PCs and sold at the UVM Computer Depot in 2011. The printer has both wired (USB) and wireless capabilities. This page will instruct you on how to set up this printer with a Macintosh computer. Please note, you will only be able to print using the connection you initially set the printer up to use (ex. if you set the printer up for wireless, you cannot print over USB without running through the setup again). You can set the printer up on your computer for both wired and wireless (by running through both sets of instructions)- note that the computer will list your printer as two different printers, one network printer and one wired(USB) for the one physical Deskjet 3050.

Mac

Wired (Recommended)

1. Make sure the printer is powered on and has a USB connection to the computer.
2. If you are using OSX 10.6 or earlier, please insert the driver CD provided with the printer. If you are using OSX 10.7 Lion, please read below, ‘Downloading Your Driver‘.
3. Once the disk is inserted, please run the ‘HP installer.app’. This should bring up an install wizard. If you downloaded your driver, run the downloaded file.
4. Hit ‘Continue’ twice, and accept the license agreement.
5. Select the printer from the list of devices, and click continue. NOTE:  ‘USB’ as the connection type, and click continue.
6. You can now click ‘Install’ to begin installing the driver. You do not have to join HP’s customer enjoyment service, when prompted.
7. Once the driver installation finishes, the Wizard should instruct you to add this printer to your list of printers on the machine. Click ‘Add Printer’. This should open up a Mac System Preferences window. (NOTE: This step does not always show up, if so, please skip to ‘Adding Your Printer (Mac)’ below).
8. Select your Deskjet 3050 and click “Add Printer’.

Congratulations! Your printer should now work over USB! You do not need to register your printer, but HP suggests it.

Wireless (NOT Recommended)

UVM does not recommend you set your printer up wirelessly. Because you cannot connect the printer to UVM’s WPA2 Enterprise network, you are unable to use wireless internet and print wirelessly simultaneously. Additionally, due to the large amount of users who have this model printer, it may be difficult to identify which printer is yours. Expanding on this, leaving wireless enabled on your printer leaves it open for others to print to. You can, however, connect to your printer wirelessly and connect your computer to internet via Ethernet; keep in mind, ETS does NOT recommend this setup.

1. Make sure the printer is powered on and is not plugged into the computer via USB.
2. Press the ‘Wireless’ button on the printer. Next, press the button corresponding to ‘Settings’ on the printer display. Finally, press the button corresponding to ‘Enable Wireless’ on the printer display.
3. Connect the computer to the wireless network labeled ‘HP’ followed by your model number  (ex HPJ610a.E8B8C5).
4. If you are using OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard or earlier, please insert the driver CD provided with the printer. If you are using OSX 10.7 Lion, please read below, ‘Downloading Your Driver‘.
5. Once the disk is inserted, please run the ‘HP installer.app’. This should bring up an install wizard. If you downloaded your driver, run the downloaded file.
6. Hit ‘Continue’ twice, and accept the license agreement.
7. When you select your printer, the connection type should be ‘Bonjour’.
8. Click ‘Continue’ and ‘Install’ to begin the installation of the driver.
9. Once the driver installation finishes, the Wizard should instruct you to add this printer to your list of printers on the machine. Click ‘Add Printer’. This should open up a Mac System Preferences window. (NOTE: This step does not always show up, if so, please skip to ‘Adding Your Printer (Mac)’ below).
10. Select your Deskjet 3050 and click “Add Printer’.

Congratulations! Your printer should now work over wireless! You do not need to register your printer, but HP suggests it. Note: although this is not the recommended configuration with the UVM wireless, it should work fine off-campus or on home networks.

Downloading Your Driver

Before you download your driver, you will first, you will need to identify what series Deskjet 3050 you have. On the back of the printer there should be a sticker with all of this information; the HP Deskjet 3050 has two different series, the j610 and the j611. Once you find which model you have, please click the appropriate link below to get your driver page:
J610
J611

Once on the page, you will need to select your operating system from the drop down menu. From there, expand the ‘Drivers’ section, and download ‘HP Deskjet Full Feature Software and Drivers’. Once downloaded, you can follow the steps above to install the printer.

Adding Your Printer (Mac)

If you completed the installation of the driver, and you were not prompted to add the printer to your list of printers, please follow these steps to add the printer.

1. Click the apple in the top left corner, and open up ‘System Preferences’.
2. Open up ‘Print and Fax’.
3. Click on the plus to add a new printer.
4. Select the Deskjet 3050 from the list, and click on ‘Add’.

Congratulations! Your printer should now work!