Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMicrosoft is withdrawing support for older printers' driverswww.which.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down14
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minus-squarehietsu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoBut CUPS is doing the same thing, someone somewhere told me. Using old drivers with it is going to need jumping some extra hoops.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoNot quite. I believe they are just splitting CUPS up. The core is just going to be deal with driverless printers. Other code goes into other projects to become adaptors for old printers to appear as driverless printers that CUPS connects to.
But CUPS is doing the same thing, someone somewhere told me. Using old drivers with it is going to need jumping some extra hoops.
Not quite. I believe they are just splitting CUPS up. The core is just going to be deal with driverless printers. Other code goes into other projects to become adaptors for old printers to appear as driverless printers that CUPS connects to.