Q: Need laser printer

AirPrint compatibility is a requirement for your iPads and iPhones.

Nearly all recently produced laser printers will work with a Mac, but I recommend purchasing one from a company that visibly supports OS X. For that reason Brother and Canon are good choices, followed rather distantly by Epson. Other manufacturers are not worth considering.

Wireless printers are convenient and cost about the same as USB-only ones. All AirPrint printers are wireless, but not all wireless printers are AirPrint - compatible.

Recently I have grown to favor Brother printers over the others. They are inexpensive, their OS X integration is well-implemented, their consumables are reasonably priced, and their technical support is free forever. If you need to call them and explain that you have a Mac, you will immediately receive competent assistance.

Consider AirPrint compatible Brother printers and multifunction devices.

Read user reviews from vendor websites - Amazon is a good place to start, since Amazon lets people write almost anything they want... right, wrong, or completely idiotic.

Read the reviews on the respective manufacturers' websites as well, but consider the likelihood of them deleting negative reviews.

Process all those user reviews employing your own common sense, and draw your own conclusions.

As you can tell from my forum name, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed with respect to technology.

I too need another printer as my all in one HP quit scanning.  So with this AirPrint feature are these still the type that print, copy and scan?  Is the scanning function wireless as well?

Yes, but bear in mind that AirPrint (for iOS devices) only prints.

Brother has an app for other features - scanning, etc: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/brother-iprint-scan/id382775642?mt=8

Thanks for the note.  I suppose it's not a big deal that AirPrint only works for printing.  If I have to go to the scanner to put the document on the scanner, I may as well take the laptop too.

You don't need the laptop - Brother's iPrint&Scan app can do the scanning directly from your iPhone / iPad.