OpenPrinting - We Make Printing Just Work!
summary
OpenPrinting runs the CUPS ecosystem, implements IPP-based PDF as standard printing and adds driverless printing and scanning via IPP/eSCL/WSD; it maintains CUPS filters, a printer compatibility database and a certified driverless list, packages CUPS and printer drivers as snaps and OCI images (the CUPS snap took five years), and runs Google Summer of Code mentorships (11 students this year) and annual summits. A migration to CUPS 3.x will drop PPDs, so printer applications emulate driverless printers to keep old hardware working, including on immutable distros.
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- 0:00OpenPrinting project intro
- 1:10Linux printing architecture role
- 7:11CUPS deployment origins
- 15:57Founding milestones
- 20:42Annual Summits growth
- 27:09PostScript to PDF transition
- 33:20Raster formats standardization
- 36:37CUPS 3.x future
- 41:18Driverless printer apps
- 45:32Scanner apps immutable distros
- 47:23Windows driverless printing WSL
- 50:17Contributing to OpenPrinting
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