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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

even on other operating systems HP requires software to be installed before printer will work

even cups on apple or linux will not connect to hp printers you have to use the hp software which is bundled with some distributions of linux

been an issue for a good bit now

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/binary_plugin.html

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is why no one should ever buy an HP printer