On Wed 11 Aug 2021 at 12:39:46 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:36:40 +0100 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >a future CUPS will not work with PPDs and driver > > Indeed, you mentioned that previously (I'd forgotten already). However, > checking the github post you cite in another message (to this list), it > would appear apple are putting in place mechanisms whereby affected > printers will continue to useable in the new version of CUPS.
Apple aren't putting anything in place; OpenPrinting is. Apple ceased to maintain CUPS some time ago. https://openprinting.github.io/documentation/01-printer-application/ > So not as bad a picture as it at first appears. For free drivers, indeed not. We will have to wait and see how vendors of non-free drivers respond. Note that I did not say that HP's printing software would not be available in the future. -- Brian.