HP Scanner
HP Scanner is the official scanning software from HP that enables scanning functionality on HP multifunction printers and dedicated scanner devices. It integrates with HP's all-in-one and LaserJet printer lines to provide document, photo and film scanning capabilities. The app has historically been the primary way users accessed advanced scanning features, color correction, and batch scanning on HP hardware, though it has become increasingly difficult to maintain across different macOS versions.
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1 suggestionHP has effectively stopped developing and maintaining full-featured scanner drivers for macOS, a shift that became official company policy around 2026. The Intel-only HP Scanner app will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), and HP shows no sign of shipping a native Apple Silicon version. For most HP scanner users, the built-in macOS Image Capture tool (available in Applications > Utilities) provides basic scanning at no cost and works natively on all Macs. If you need more advanced scanning features than Image Capture offers, VueScan from Hamrick Software is a paid third-party alternative that explicitly supports both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs and works with over 1,900 HP scanner models, including many older devices that HP itself no longer supports. VueScan is actively maintained, has a free trial, and offers a Pro version with features like batch scanning and film digitization.
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