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thewayneAnd all of your printers appearing to be HP lasers!
Doesn't that make you feel special?!
Theoretically your printer should continue working normally, unless you have third-party drivers. It's unknown if MS will be able to remove the driver and whether or not at that point what will happen to your printer configuration. Right now I'll bet IT staff are ready to go on a rampage at HP HQ! My home system is unaffected as I don't have printer drivers installed in it: I occasionally print to PDF files, that's it. If I need to actually print something, I mail the document to myself and print it from my laser attached to my Mac.
Microsoft claims it is a bug in the MS Store and has nothing to do with HP.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/hp-printer-app-is-installing-on-pcs-whether-they-have-hp-printers-or-not/
Doesn't that make you feel special?!
Theoretically your printer should continue working normally, unless you have third-party drivers. It's unknown if MS will be able to remove the driver and whether or not at that point what will happen to your printer configuration. Right now I'll bet IT staff are ready to go on a rampage at HP HQ! My home system is unaffected as I don't have printer drivers installed in it: I occasionally print to PDF files, that's it. If I need to actually print something, I mail the document to myself and print it from my laser attached to my Mac.
Microsoft claims it is a bug in the MS Store and has nothing to do with HP.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/hp-printer-app-is-installing-on-pcs-whether-they-have-hp-printers-or-not/
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Date: 2023-12-12 02:06 am (UTC)I don’t run Windows at home, as I own Macs. Nonetheless, having HP’s Smart app on my computer is a self-inflicted wound. (It’s because I have an HP LaserJet printer.) The Smart app is lousy – plus it has hooks for the awful printer ink/toner supply subscription service that HP pushes (and I work hard to stay away from).