On Wed 23 Sep 2020 at 19:54:14 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > I would like the following version to replace previous offering: > > > USB connected printers and driverless printing > ---------------------------------------------- > > The Release Notes for Debian 10 briefly describe the driverless printing > situation implemented via CUPS and cups-filters. [1] The changes apply to > modern printers connected by ethernet or wireless. [2] > > The release of Debian 11 sees the inclusion of ipp-usb in the stable > archive. ipp-usb is recommended by cups-daemon and utilises the > vendor-neutral IPP-over-USB protocol that is supported by many modern > printers. ipp-usb allows a USB device to be seen and treated as a network > device. The outcome is that driverless printing is extended to include USB > connected printers. The specifics are outlined on the wiki. [3] > > The systemd service file included in the ipp-usb package starts the > ipp-usb daemon when a printer is plugged in. A USB connected printer now > becomes available to print to, either by being auto-setup by cups-browsed, > which is the default technique, or being manually installed [4] with a > local driverless print queue. > > The use of vendor printer drivers, free and non-free, becomes unnecessary > with networked and USB connected printers. > > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#driverless-printing > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSQuickPrintQueues > [3] https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting. > [4] https://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting > > Cheers, > > Brian.
Thinking on: The Release Notes for Debian 10 briefly describe... should probably be The Release Notes for Debian 10 briefly describes... Having [3] as https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting#debian might be considered more targeted. Cheers, Brian.
