[rigid]

> Printer manufacturers also don't thing like this

at this point, what are they gonna do? Not provide windows drivers?

[vulcan01]

My family has an HP printer. My father uses Windows, and has had to install an HP app to scan documents. My Mac, on the other hand, can connect, print, and through the built-in "Printers & Scanners" panel in System Settings, or through the Print Center app.

I think this is probably a solved problem. Windows would have to support whatever API Macs use.

[monocasa]

CUPS runs fine on windows as it is.

The problem isn't a technical one.

[isilofi]

Provide drivers using the old model and a set of instructions to enable that.

Edit: I guess instructions won't even be necessary, as far as I've understood, there will just be a warning. And users are already trained to just ignore those.