How the iPhone forced the entire printing industry to adopt AirPrint
When Apple launched AirPrint in 2010, enterprise IT dismissed it as a consumer gimmick — but once executives started demanding to print from their iPads without dealing with drivers, every major printer manufacturer had no choice but to support it. What started as a convenience feature quietly became the default printing protocol, eliminating the nightmare of driver management that plagued IT admins for years. Combined with tools like PaperCut for enterprise controls, AirPrint has essentially made printer driver management a thing of the past — and macOS upgrades a lot less painful.