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That is if the printer manufacturers are willing to support this interface. With how predatory they act otherwise, I don't see them giving up running their own
by Pesthuf 3y ago
That is if the printer manufacturers are willing to support this interface.
With how predatory they act otherwise, I don't see them giving up running their own code in the NT kernel.
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- tonyedgecombe 3y agoMost of them have been dragging their feet on switching to V4 drivers, a technology that was introduced with Vista and was back ported to XP.
- threesevenths 3y agoIn large part because v4 drivers required re-architecting their drivers. While many manufacturers made unique drivers for many printers or printer families, they all likely built on a shared framework and were not entirely novel. V4 drivers also tended to be buggier and had more problems for administrators until Windows 7.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoVista was introduced in 2006, 17 years ago. I think that is enough time to iron out the problems.
- guidedlight 3y agoI see them moving their predatory software to the printer itself. My HP printer already runs a flavour of Android.
- antiterra 3y agoThis is their interface, is it not? “The alliance was formed in September 2013 by Canon, HP, Samsung, and Xerox.” It looks like everyone else has signed on since: https://mopria.org/certified-products https://mopria.org/certified-products
- jahewson 3y agoKernel print drivers have not existed since Windows XP.