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I've had no issue with one model of HP being more "Mac-firendly" than others, and we've been through a lot of HP multifunctions. However, Mac-compability is not why we don't do HP any more.
Rather it was:
- ink consumption—I was spending too much time on Amazon ordering expensive HP refill cartridges.
- clogged heads—those killed pretty much every HP we've had. We only used genuine HP cartridges. HP does not offer repair parts or clogged-head kits for what they consider "household printers"
- HP's self-maintenance routines—in every one I've used, those routines seem to start at the instant I need the printer the most, not during idle times. It's better in newer models but still there.
To avoid those annoyances in the future, we now use an Epson EcoTank. It's been in service at least two years on one filling of ink and we've had only one clogged head instance which cleared in minutes with standard maintenance. Ours is the ET-3850 model with ethernet connectivity because I like to network our printers. However our iDevices are all quite happy printing to it wirelessly as well. I've not found one thing that is disappointed me, and I'm picky about printers function.
The ET-3850 is current supporting five Macs with OS versions between 10.13 and 15.4; three iPads; and two iPhones.
I now admit that when Mrs AJ insisted we look at the EcoTank, I was more than skeptical. Today, I'm a believer. She found it on sale at Costco.