On Wed 13 Nov 2019 at 13:55:57 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Brian wrote: > > On Tue 12 Nov 2019 at 20:27:00 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Brian wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Not really, tbh. I haven't had to look that deeply into the state of > >> >> printing in ... well, much longer than I thought it'd been this morning. > >> >> > >> >> Time flies :| > >> > > >> > So, when CUPS ceases to support PPDs (probably in a couple of years), > >> > your and mine classic printers will cease to work. Is there a magic > >> > wand someone can wave? > >> > >> LPRng? :) > > > > A clapped-out, unsupported and ancient printing system. That's > > going to go down well with users in 2019. > > You asked about the "classic" printers we both (apparently) own. Mine > here still support being addressed via LPR/LPD, not to mention PCL, > postscript, etc.
I wish I hadn't been so disparaging about about LPRng. People should be able to use what they want to use, and, if LPRng fits, why not? OTOH, it is unable to do what a modern CUPS system can do and does not offer what many users want, particularly when it comes to easy setup. > Can't speak for your users, but mine don't know their print jobs are > (still) backed by LPD/LPR. But then again, they don't notice much > beyond "does facebook work today". Good people, just not the most > technical. I wonder how many modern printers support the lpd protocol? -- Brian.
