Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist On Sb, 01 aug 20, 18:10:22, Brian Potkin wrote: > On behalf of the Printing Team: > > ======================================================================== > > The Release Notes for Debian 10 briefly described the driverless > > printing situation implemented via CUPS and cups-filters. The changes > > applied to modern printers connected by ethernet or wireless. > > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#driverless-printing > > > > The release of Debian 11 sees the inclusion of ipp-usb into the stable > > archive. ipp-usb is recommended by cups-daemon and utilises the > > vendor-neutral IPP-over-USB protocol that is supported by many modern > > printers. ipp-usb allows a USB device to be seen and treated as a > > network device. The outcome is that driverless printing is extended to > > include USB connected printers. The specifics are outlined at > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting. > > > > The systemd service file included in ipp-usb starts the ipp-usb daemon > > when a printer is plugged in, making a USB connected printer available > > for printing to, either by being auto-setup by cups-browsed or being > > manually installed with a local driverless print queue. The use of > > vendor printer drivers, free and non-free, becomes unnecessary. > > ========================================================================
Let's turn this into a bug so it's not missed. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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