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Newer printers absolutely Just Work over wifi, at least with iOS and macOS devices. iOS automatically detects the printer on the network, no installation needed
by massysett 6y ago
Newer printers absolutely Just Work over wifi, at least with iOS and macOS devices. iOS automatically detects the printer on the network, no installation needed. MacOS is also about as seamless.
On the other hand I recently acquired a Windows 10 PC due to work-from-home and it was trouble-ridden. The auto-detect failed and I had a hard time installing drivers when it did fail. I have an easier time printing from my old Thinkpad running an out-of-date Debian. Hard to believe that Windows is still this primitive. It’s disappointing.
- gridlockd 6y ago> Newer printers absolutely Just Work over wifi, at least with iOS and macOS devices. Not my experience at all.
- mattius 6y agoSame here. I have a year old Cannon laser printer. While I've never had issues getting it to connect to WiFi, it's useless if multicast isn't enabled on the network. This lowers my speeds significantly. Without it the printer refuses to cooperate, even if I manually enter the IP address into a client. My network equipment is Ubiquiti which serves a mixture of Mac and Windows clients. Disabling multicast with an exception for the printers MAC address doesn't work either.
- bserge 6y agoNever had a problem with HP and Canon on Windows, tbh. Even Wifi just works.