What it does
- Apple's HP printer driver package refuses to install on macOS above 15.0, and it is built for Intel Macs only.
- Version 1 serves seven models: LaserJet 1000, LaserJet 1005, LaserJet 1018, LaserJet 1020, LaserJet P1005, LaserJet P1006 and LaserJet Pro P1102. They have passed a computer chain test, not a printer test; the hardware test follows.
- The LaserJet 1022 and LaserJet M1319f MFP are detect-only: the app names them, and version 1 installs no driver for them.
Works with
Tested models: tested list pending. No model has been tested on paper yet; the hardware test follows.
The print chain, from a PDF through the driver to raster (the page turned into a grid of dots), decoded 70 of 70 test streams on a computer. This is a chain test, not a printer test.
Decoded does not mean right: in that computer chain test, run by hand, a landscape page came out with its right side cut off and a job of mixed paper sizes came out cropped, so those two cases are not claimed to work.
The free route, and what the money buys
A free route exists. It is called "Mac Printer Drivers" (macprinterdrivers.com); it is free, signed and notarized (Apple has checked who made it and scanned it for known malware), and you can get it from GitHub or with Homebrew (brew install --cask).
On 6 November 2026 its maker wrote in the release notes: "This driver hasn't been tried on real printers yet." Check its page for anything newer.
It covers more models than version 1 of Phoenix for LaserJet does: it also lists drivers for LaserJet 1022, LaserJet M1319 MFP, LaserJet P2035, LaserJet CP1025nw and many other HP models.
What the $19 (price) buys instead: a 14-day refund; drivers built for both Intel and Apple-silicon Macs; and tests on two real printers, a LaserJet 1020 and a LaserJet P1005 (those printer tests follow and have not been run).
Firmware is fetched from HP's own server for every model version 1 serves.
Buy
Phoenix for LaserJet costs $19 one-time (price).
Payment is handled by Lemon Squeezy, the merchant of record (the company that legally sells to you), which collects and pays the sales tax and hosts the checkout.
Signed and notarized
The installer on this page is not yet signed or notarized. Signing lets your Mac check who made a program; notarizing means Apple has scanned it for known malware.
The firmware statement
Phoenix for LaserJet never ships or hosts HP firmware. For every model version 1 serves, your Mac fetches it from HP's own server after you accept HP's licence, and checks it against a fixed list of SHA-256 values (a SHA-256 value is a fingerprint of a file: change one byte and it changes) before it is sent to your printer.
Refund
You can ask for a refund within 14 days of your order.
Email support is at [email protected].