HP Color LaserJet Pro

I have an HP color laser and I have no complaints. HP M281cdw. I doubt they make it anymore though because they discontinue these things quickly. Works from Windows, Mac, Linux, Airprint, iPad, iPhone, etc. No driver installs needed. I use it from the command line on Mac - I use groff - and it prints those PDF or PostScript files without issue, though oddly the duplexer works from the command line only if I use a generic PostScript driver. I use only genuine HP supplies because I know of no other reputable supplies vendor, so I can't say whether non-HP supplies work.

I feel like I bought the last good HP LaserJet that was ever made. Many years ago, I spotted an HP Color LaserJet Pro m254dw online at Costco and bought it. It's been a fantastic printer. The toner never dries out, "empty cartridges" don't prevent it from printing. It is modern enough that I can use AirPrint to print to it, but old-school enough that it has an ethernet port. The supplies status page basically says "Just because it's at 0% doesn't mean you can't print, but maybe buy a new toner cartridge and replace it when the output gets bad." It didn't require any special drivers, there's no need to link an HP account, and it has a usable web-based management interface. So far I have the following complaints about the printer: * After some large amount of uptime (3mo? 6mo? I'm not sure) it won't respond to print requests. Rebooting it fixes the issue. * Toner cartridges are expensive. I priced out something like $450CAD for a set of the three colour cartridges. I'm still on the starter cartridges and, even though they're "empty", the output quality is fine. * The word "Color" in the product name is not properly localized to the Canadian market. Obviously I'm grasping at straws as far as complaints go! Honestly, this thing feels like I found a unicorn. I've been looking for a similar printer for my parents, but I haven't found anything from HP that ticks all of the boxes. The next one for them will likely be a Brother.