[$] Topics from the Open Printing microconference

On day two of the 2019Linux Plumbers Conference, two of the principals behind the Open Printingproject led the very first Open Printingmicroconference. Project leader Till Kamppeter and program managerAveek Basu described the current state of printing on Linux and some of theplans for the future, including supporting scanning for multi-functiondevices. The picture they painted was rosy, at least for printing, whichmay not quite match the experience of many Linux users. As with manyprojects, though, Open Printing is starved for contributors-something thatwas reflected in the sparse attendance at the microconference.