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What's the current state of printers on Linux? Are there any decent options? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Years ago, Brother printers seemed to be one of the few feasible options. What's the printer landscape like today? Are there any plug and play options that aren't part of some ink scam?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Long story short: if your printer supports IPP Everywhere (it probably does) you don't need drivers or any sort of software other than CUPS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is the correct answer. IPP Everywhere support is often advertised as AirPrint and sometimes as Mopria, which all means that it will work with CUPS without extra drivers.

In fact, with the upcoming version 3, CUPS will drop direct support for non-IPP printers.