Matt@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoTell one thing that you miss after switching from another OS to Linux.message-squaremessage-square457fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareTell one thing that you miss after switching from another OS to Linux.Matt@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square457fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGenderNeutralBrolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agomacOS still uses cups. It’s deprecated but still functional. The alternative is to use AirPrint or get fucked.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBrolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSorry, I misspoke. CUPS itself is not deprecated, only most of its old functionality regarding drivers. From man cups: CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS
macOS still uses cups. It’s deprecated but still functional. The alternative is to use AirPrint or get fucked.
Doesn’t AirPrint go through CUPS?
Sorry, I misspoke. CUPS itself is not deprecated, only most of its old functionality regarding drivers.
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man cups: