Paul Scott wrote: > > On 3/12/26 12:23 PM, Charles Curley wrote: >> 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. > > Running sid. I upgraded hplip to 3.22.10+dfsg0-? when I saw the problem. > > I do have cups 2.4.16-1 > >> >> 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 > > I don't understand enough of that to diagnose my problem. > > Thank you, > > Paul > > >> >> 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.
same here, i happened to be in the middle of taxes and such when i did the cups update (via Debian testing) and it stopped working. oops. luckily i did have an existing stable partition which i was able to use for printing what i was in the middle of doing. songbird
