Matt@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-229 days agoTell one thing that you miss after switching from another OS to Linux.message-squaremessage-square461fedilinkarrow-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-229 days agomessage-square461fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoffspec@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·28 days agoPrinting was horrible on Windows, and Mac uses cups too, no? I’ve only ever had good experiences printing from Linux
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agomacOS still uses cups. It’s deprecated but still functional. The alternative is to use AirPrint or get fucked.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days 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
Printing was horrible on Windows, and Mac uses cups too, no? I’ve only ever had good experiences printing from Linux
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.
From
man cups: