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No Windows user ever asks me for 'tech support' to get a printer working I wish. We do have some problems on Windows, but the Mac is so, so much worse. I get

No Windows user ever asks me for 'tech support' to get a printer working I wish. We do have some problems on Windows, but the Mac is so, so much worse. I get the feeling its one of those things that Apple just doesn't value. I do wonder why there hasn't been a universal printer protocol? You would think that we could get to some set of properties that could describe any printer.

gsich 6y ago
I mean there is Postscript. But the problem with standards, there are many to chose from.
- protomyth 6y ago
  Postscript doesn't do the printer configuration. I remember Printer Job Language, but I don't think that allowed control of printer features.
  - gsich 6y ago
    PPD does.
ianlevesque 6y ago
AirPrint is such a protocol and well-supported. They've just moved on to network printing instead of continuing to work on USB printers.
- anoncareer0212 6y ago
  10 years ago - it hasn't worked in practice unless you remember all your capitalized Apple buzzwords and are willing to pay extra for it (I say this in disappointment, I was able to be a full time dev _because_ of iOS 4.2 and AirPrint)