On Thu 14 Nov 2019 at 11:12:38 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > Brian wrote: > > I wonder how many modern printers support the lpd protocol? > > How do we define "modern"? Just looked at a few Brother MFPs, and they > still support it (although I don't know how old the actual models are).
Modern? I'd say something sold in the past 5/10 years that supports AirPrint. > Sorting by "newest" on their (laser / color led) models listing results > in the "HL-L3270CDW" being listed as "newest" -- digging around, it > seems that it's a 2018 model. Still has LPR/LPD listed under the > "Protocols" sections (both IPv4 and v6, actually). > > I would expect that pretty much everything of theirs (well, at least in > terms of "business lineup") would then still support it. Their site > seems a bit broken right now (or perhaps it's on my end), so I can't get > at the 'home' stuff to check. One would think that a business machine supporting the LPD protocol would cost a vendor pennies. After all, the vendor doesn't have to do much when they already have the code to put in their firmware. What is more interesting is why a user thinks that the LPD protocol gives them something that IPP doesn't. -- Brian.
