Re: [Printing-architecture] Deprecation of all modules except for everywhere
Christian Wolf <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.printing-architecture |
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| Message-ID | <1880865.CGEiM1yXm4@cwolf-work> |
Hello, > Classic CUPS printer drivers are replaced by Printer Applications and > Printer Applications are emulations of IPP Everywhere printers. With > trhis all printers will appear as IPP Everywhere (or driverless IPP) > printers. The modern ones do this already by themselves, for the old > ones we use Printer Applications. so, I see there is a fallback plan in place. If I understand this correctly, one mainly sourced the usage of PPDs out into standalone applications so the CUPS core is free of bloat. Makes sense. > Most existing free software CUPS drivers are already available as > Printer Applications. You get them here: > > https://snapcraft.io/search?q=OpenPrinting I will have a look there soon. Eventually, I will return in case of problems. :) Thanks anyhow for the detailed information (also to Zdenek) Christian