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There has been a strong push by OS makers to unify and simplify printer interfaces to the point that they should not require special drivers. But this process
by Avamander 1y ago
There has been a strong push by OS makers to unify and simplify printer interfaces to the point that they should not require special drivers.
But this process is still ongoing and lazy hardware vendors will continue to be lazy in their switch, if they have the option.
- barbazoo 1y agoWhat’s that “switch” you’re referring to?
- oasisaimlessly 1y ago"IPP Everywhere" [1][2] [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSIPPEverywhere https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSIPPEverywhere [2]: https://www.pwg.org/ipp/everywhere.html https://www.pwg.org/ipp/everywhere.html
- Avamander 1y agoIPP Everywhere linked in the other comment, but there's also Mopria certified printers (https://mopria.org/certified-products https://mopria.org/certified-products). Which use WPP drivers on Windows.