Legacy printers and the new driverless IPP printing architecture
by beachboy2 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6FHYJ)
I recently asked whether my Legacy printer would be supported under the new driverless Internet Printing Protocol(IPP):
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...pp-4175729700/
CUPS 3.0 is due in November 2023 and it will no longer support existing classic CUPS printer drivers such as these for Brother (brother-lpr-drivers-laser, brother-cups-wrapper-laser, printer-driver-brlaser).
However, at the same time, Legacy Printer Applications should be made available in order that older Legacy printers will still continue to function under IPP.
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups...ent-1435337985
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Further information:
IPP-the new printing architecture demo by Till Kamppeter, project lead for the OpenPrinting Project:
https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/even...cture-demo.pdf
I am sticking to my original plan of blocking all CUPS-related updates on my main desktop PC (possibly until April 2027 when Linux Mint 21.2 support ends).
In addition, on my spare laptop, also running Mint, I will allow the CUPS 3.0 update (including the Legacy Printer Application?).
I will then connect my Brother HL-1112 printer and test whether it works.
If it does, then I will allow the CUPS 3.0 update on my main desktop PC.
I hope this information is of use to all LQ members using Legacy printers.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...pp-4175729700/
CUPS 3.0 is due in November 2023 and it will no longer support existing classic CUPS printer drivers such as these for Brother (brother-lpr-drivers-laser, brother-cups-wrapper-laser, printer-driver-brlaser).
However, at the same time, Legacy Printer Applications should be made available in order that older Legacy printers will still continue to function under IPP.
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups...ent-1435337985
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| For the future of CUPS 3.x not supporting classic CUPS drivers any more, we have already taken care: i Drivers will still exist, but they will come in a new format, the Legacy Printer Applications which are software emulations of driverless IPP printers. Manufacturers are supposed to ship drivers in this format in the future. i All free software classic CUPS drivers are already converted to Printer Applications and readily available in the Snap Store. i For proprietary legacy CUPS drivers, like the one from Samsung, we have also a solution, the so-called Legacy Printer Application. It sees classically installed classic CUPS drivers, independent whether there is a classically installed CUPS 2.x on the system or not, and makes them available as Printer Application, so that CUPS 3.x sees and uses them. So I hope this helps and that we from OpenPrinting are sustainable, keeping old printers working. |
IPP-the new printing architecture demo by Till Kamppeter, project lead for the OpenPrinting Project:
https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/even...cture-demo.pdf
I am sticking to my original plan of blocking all CUPS-related updates on my main desktop PC (possibly until April 2027 when Linux Mint 21.2 support ends).
In addition, on my spare laptop, also running Mint, I will allow the CUPS 3.0 update (including the Legacy Printer Application?).
I will then connect my Brother HL-1112 printer and test whether it works.
If it does, then I will allow the CUPS 3.0 update on my main desktop PC.
I hope this information is of use to all LQ members using Legacy printers.