Connect HP printer wirelessly to MacBook Pro
We have a HP Laserjet printer, model MFP428fdw. We need to connect it wirelessly to a MacBook Pro running Tahoe 26.5 Is this do-able?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.5
HP Support – HP LaserJet Pro MFP M428fdw
HP's site does not have any Mac drivers for that printer – just Windows and Linux drivers.
From HP's product specifications, it appears that the printer once was compatible with macOS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), and 10.14 (Mojave), but the drivers that worked on an Intel-based Mac under those macOS versions would not be useful on an Apple Silicon Mac – even if they were still available on the HP site.
I can't find this printer in Apple's database of printers known to be AirPrint-compatible. On the other hand, HP's specifications mention iOS as a compatible operating system, which holds out a small sliver of hope that the device is AirPrint-compatible, but that HP just never formally certified it and registered it as such. If it turns out that it is AirPrint-compatible, you would not need drivers to print to it.
HP Support – HP printer setup (Apple AirPrint for iPhone, iPad)
About AirPrint - Apple Support
Print wirelessly from your Mac to your printer - Apple Support
There are possibly some other things you could try, if you were willing to go to great lengths. But I'd suggest seeing if you can set the thing up as an AirPrint printer first, just in case the printer supports it.
