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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: Printer drivers and raw queues are deprecated
From:       Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-11-01 13:13:55
Message-ID: ff2040a16060edbd5dca11c5e716228cf8afbb6d.camel () gmail ! com
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On Wed, 2023-11-01 at 23:10 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> Michael Hennebry
> > > So, if I wanted to use a printer, e.g. mine,
> > > that was not support out of the box,
> > > I would have to change the box,
> > > i.e. make a custom CUPS?
> 
> Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > The theory is that you shouldn't have to do anything except
> > configure
> > the printer (in CUPS) to use DNSSD. That in turn depends on Avahi
> > working correctly. Try 'sudo avahi-browse -a -t' to make sure the
> > printer is visible.
> > 
> 
> And I wonder how this will affect people who don't use Avahi, et al?
> 
> I switch it off wherever possible, because it adds a new can of worms
> to networking.  I have things on my LAN that can only use DHCP, and
> only want one network configuration control to deal with.  Avahi is a
> bit of a loose cannon.

The dependency on Avahi comes from the use of DNSSD, so it's not
directly related to the driver. AFAIK you can also configure it with an
IP address if you want to handle that yourself.

poc
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