It’s not if you pay the price. I have a Brother printer (inkjet) and it literally just works. I can go months without printing anything, then I just print a document from my phone or laptop and it just works.
This is something that should be normal but I’m still amazed every time I use it because I had an Epson before and the experience was… not the same.
+1 for Brother. Works flawlessly without any drivers. The only pain point is the setup - I have the cheapo laser one without any screen, and AFAIK you need Windows software for the initial WiFi setup. After this, it's not needed anymore.
Printer manufacturers make it difficult. There are standard printing protocols but printer manufacturers will disable those until you've installed their ad-filled, subscription-filled app. If it weren't for the industrial sabotage, just plugging a USB printer into a computer or clicking "add printer" from a network browser would just work out of the box.
Mopria pretty much universally fixes printing on all competent printers by smoothing over the rough edges of IPP.
It’s not if you pay the price. I have a Brother printer (inkjet) and it literally just works. I can go months without printing anything, then I just print a document from my phone or laptop and it just works.
This is something that should be normal but I’m still amazed every time I use it because I had an Epson before and the experience was… not the same.
+1 for Brother. Works flawlessly without any drivers. The only pain point is the setup - I have the cheapo laser one without any screen, and AFAIK you need Windows software for the initial WiFi setup. After this, it's not needed anymore.
Yeah, my Brother printer just works too. No other brands seem to.
Another +1 for Brother. They even manage to continue printing sanely after paper jams. Linux, Mac, Android, iPhone, all print with zero effort.
Printer manufacturers make it difficult. There are standard printing protocols but printer manufacturers will disable those until you've installed their ad-filled, subscription-filled app. If it weren't for the industrial sabotage, just plugging a USB printer into a computer or clicking "add printer" from a network browser would just work out of the box.
Mopria pretty much universally fixes printing on all competent printers by smoothing over the rough edges of IPP.
If you're on a Linux or Mac computer which uses CUPS, its pretty easy.