On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:25:39 -0700 Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> W [12/Mar/2026:00:57:05 -0700] Printer drivers are deprecated and > will stop working in a future version of CUPS. See > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/103 > > I went to the link but I don't know enough to know what it means and > more importantly how I can fix printing. When we deprecate a feature or capability in CUPS, we are announcing the intention to stop supporting it in the next major release of CUPS, in this case CUPS 3.0. Given the historical pace of CUPS development, that usually means you have years to make the transition. In the case of printer drivers, we made the conscious choice to have Printer Applications in place before releasing CUPS 3.0. And since Linux distributions typically lag behind the “bleeding edge” of CUPS development, you can expect to be able to use printer drivers for few more years after CUPS 3.0 is released. https://openprinting.github.io/cups/drivers.html The current version of CUPS in trixie is 2.4.10-3+deb13u2. In forky/sid, 2.4.16-1 (subject to change). So this likely won't affect you for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the intent appears to be to replace drivers in CUPS with what they call printer applications. The existing printer applications are based on the CUPS drivers they are replacing. So unless you have a really oddball printer you are probably safe going to CUPS 3.0. https://openprinting.github.io/cups/drivers.html Since I have no idea what your current problem is, I can't help you with it. But I don't think the deprecation of drivers is related to your problem. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
