HPFaxBackend

com.hp.CupsFaxBackend · Utilities · v3.1.0

Intel Only 40 devices · 166.0 KB · Impact: 33/100

About This App

HPFaxBackend is a backend service component for HP printers that enables fax-sending functionality on macOS. It integrates with the system's CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) printing and faxing infrastructure, allowing users to send faxes directly from Mac applications via HP multifunction printers and compatible devices. The backend works transparently in the background and is typically installed as part of HP printer driver packages.

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HPFaxBackend is a helper component of HP's printer and fax drivers, not a standalone application you interact with directly. Whether this backend works on your Mac depends entirely on whether the parent HP printer driver that installed it has been updated to run natively on Apple Silicon. Check your HP printer model on HP's official support website and download the latest macOS driver for your device — HP has been shipping native Apple Silicon versions of printer drivers since 2021, so updating the main printer driver package will automatically update HPFaxBackend. If your printer is older and HP has stopped shipping updates for it, contact HP support to ask whether a native driver exists for your model; Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), and Intel-only drivers will stop working on that release.