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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: Printer drivers and raw queues are deprecated
From:       Michael Hennebry <hennebry () web ! cs ! ndsu ! nodak ! edu>
Date:       2023-11-01 18:04:16
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.21.2311011255470.24727 () mail ! cs ! ndsu ! nodak ! edu
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2023, Robert Nichols wrote:

> On 11/1/23 06:14, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 3:31?PM Robert Nichols
>> <rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> How is that supposed to work for printers that have no network capability?
>> 
>> IPP over USB
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_printing_problems#Driverless_printing_(USB)
>> https://www.usb.org/document-library/ipp-protocol-10
>
> And, for printers that are not USB and do not support IPP?

My guess is that many of the ancients would be out of luck.
That said, writing interface layers would certainly be possible.
Each type of printer would need a distinct interface.
The layer would require expertise in both CUPS and the printer type.
If any got written,
I'd expect one for printers that take postscript directly.

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