MacOS HP printers issue

[Nazario]

This has nothing to do with Affinity but I thought it worth sharing...

Today (23/10/20) Apple updated its Xprotect anti malware list in macOS Catalina and as such has rendered many HP printers useless. MacOS now determines many of the frameworks within the HP software to be malware and pops up with a warning every tens seconds or so until you delete the offending files. Problem is you need the files to be able to print correctly and/or check on the status of your printer etc.

There's a post over on HPs support website that is rapidly growing which only started today.

Luckily I have a wireless printer (7110 Wideformat) with no scanner etc, its just a pure A3+ printer. As such I was able to uninstall ALL of HPs software and use the AirPrint driver to print. If you have printer with a scanner and email etc then the AirPrint driver is only going to allow you to print and nothing else.

Apparently the HP software is still running on an old verification certificate which apple now deems invalid and untrustworthy so is blocked from operating. It looks as though until HP update said certificate many people will have issues with using HP printers on MacOS. Hopefully it won't be for long.

Just thought id let people know and give a possible workaround until its fixed. Hope it proves useful, if not and it becomes redundant feel free to delete.

 

[Nazario]

Update: Some people have reported success simply redownloading the Easy Start HP software but that didn't work for me. Halfway through the installation the messages started appearing again obviously because they are now back on my system.

Here are a couple of links for anyone interested.

https://malwarefixes.com/hp-printing-problem-on-mac-will-damage-your-computer/

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-Setup-Software-Drivers/HPDM-Framework-will-damage-your-computer/td-p/7824131/page/2