purchasing a new printer for my macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Bladegirl22 wrote:

…I'm going to buy a new printer. What do you all recommend? I

There is no one best printer.

You absolutely want a printer with AirPrint support. This greatly reduces the dependencies on vendor drivers, and avoids all the cruft some vendors will install.

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Look at consumables prices when calculating the purchase price, too. Cheaper printers can be stupidly expensive to run. Inkjet vendors including HP often have cartridge expirations, too.

My preference is Brother printers. Specifically, the non-subscription laser/LED printer models. Not HP. The last of the classic HP printers rolled out of here a few years ago.

Related: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

Again, and whatever vendor and model and printing technology you might pick, get AirPrint support.

Try looking in System Settings>Privacy & Security>Local Network and see if the device enabled. Also check with HP to make sure there isn't any updates for drivers for the printer. Not sure if the HP uses HP Smart. app that you can find on the App Store.

That HP OfficeJet Pro 8030 printer supports AirPrint, which means vendor drivers (and vendor apps) are not necessary for most operations.

A printer that is unreachable usually means a networking problem with the printer or its Wi-Fi configuration m or something else in the network path between your laptop and the printer. AirPrint avoids getting tied to vendor drivers, and to vendor driver support.

Usual first step with these cases is restarting both the printer and the Wi-Fi router (if this is your Wi-Fi router).

Next step is checking the printer firmware, and applying the latest available. That printer got a firmware update about a month back, too:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-officejet-pro-8030-all-in-one-printer-series/24208734

Here is the printer manual:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06291142.pdf

The AirPrint setup info is on page 39, the network setup on page 121, and the firmware update procedure using what HP calls the Embedded Web Server (EWS) is on page 29.

The embedded web server is handy for checking access to the printer too, as you can access that by specifying the IP address of the printer on your local network using Safari. (The .local network name of the printer also works, but you’ll need to set that name in the printer.)

It may not be the printer.

It may be a bug in the OS Firewall or in the way the new Sequoia OS handles software connecting to local networks.

A lot of people reporting issues e.g. TimeMachine backups failing, VPN drops, Remote Desktop connections failing etc.

May have to wait for Apple to fix it.

Adrian.

Ii had this issue today with error message about an Expired Certificate. (Mac.OS 15.1.1 and HP Smart Tank 7300 series) I spent hours with various Apple and HP support systems, reloading deleting, adjusting etc. As HP recommended, I used the EWS to try and create my own Certificate but that also failed. I finally fixed it by connecting using Secure AirPrint. That sorted out my issue. Perhaps worth a go?

Have you tried safe booting your mac?

Also, uninstall and reinstall the printer?

Lastly, rebooting your router might also help.

These might help

Good luck

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