Wouldn't it have made more sense for Claude to suggest using the existing Linux-Airprint-VM project/product that already does this exact thing?

There's even a zero-install method via https://printervention.app where it runs that Linux VM isolated inside a WebUSB-capable browser. That website itself was posted right here on HN not too long ago.

I get that the LLM code assistant software prefers writing stuff, but constantly re-writing the same solution seems a bit inefficient.

But it wouldn’t have used so many tokens ;)