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This is why I like macOS. Just buy something with AirPrint and you never get infested with shite.

Even my HP laser is bearable!

Yeah, but when I last installed an HP printer with AirPrint support it wouldn't print unless I set it up, preferably with an app that somehow was very interested in my contact information and GPS location...

Mine didn’t. LaserJet Pro M148dw. If it did it would have been sent back.

Mine didn't either. LaserJet 402dne. I connected it via Ethernet (no WiFi on that model). No drivers or other software needed to be installed for MacOS, and I also print from iOS and Android without issues.

The M148dw is a semiprofessional printer,so it doesn't have all the typical hp crap. You can even allow 3rd party toner and disallow firmware upgrades

HP Color LaserJet Pro M255dw here and I didn’t get any of that crap either. I don’t even know or remember if there was a driver disc with the printer (not that I’d be able to use it, I no longer have any computers with a working optical drive) - just plugged it in, set networking up, and every device in the house (iOS and Linux) can see and print to it. Linux did require specifying the driver (came with CUPS).

The LaserJet Pros are actually still really nice printers. Expensive relative to the rest of the market, but my M479fdw seems to lack all the latest user-hostile features. It doesn't require an app for AirPrint, or anything other than drivers for Windows.

Not looking forward to the $800 or so in toner cartridges it will require when the starter cartridges are exhausted. They will basically double the cost of the printer. But if the quality is there -- and it definitely is -- I'm not one to complain, especially since the $800 is (supposed to be) good for 6000 pages. It should be several years before I have to buy another set.

I setup CUPS on one of my servers and all of my printers support AirPrint now :-)

Mine is the same across MacOS and Linux. Something people can do is setup a Linux server with an AirPrint printer setup and then share the printer over samba to Windows

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