On Wed 11 Aug 2021 at 04:21:06 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
[...] > I doubt that driver will really be gone as printer have specific options > like the number of drawer, the precision (DPI) and much more. > > Often I've read "XYZ will have no place in the future" but still is > being used today and has even grown. All the code supporting drivers and PPDs will be removed from a future CUPS. It's as simple as that. https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/103 > Driverless is somewhat a euphemism for generic. As a example, most USB > mouse are considered *driverless* but the reality is more that they use > the generic USB driver. Same goes for USB webcam that are sold as > *driverless* but use the USB Video driver. Driverless printing should be understood in the context of the client system. A laptop (or iOS/Android phone) moves between different locations. If using a legacy printing system, there would need to be new drivers installed and new print queues set up to match the different printers encountered. A driver printing system does not need to go though any of the above contortions. From the point of view of the client, printing just works. I suppose we could call it a "non-vendor driver and PPD-less system", but that is a bit of a mouthful :). -- Brian.
