This has been a long-term objective of the CUPS project for some time. However, it is as well to be aware that drivers and PPDs are deprecated in CUPS and eventually they will not be catered for as they are now. For a printer that requires a non-free driver a user would have to see what the manufacturer has to offer.Ī proportion of the material on the Printing Portal pages is applicable to installing printer drivers (free and non-free) and PPDs and setting up a print queue for legacy printers. The OpenPrinting website is a good source of information for matching printers with free drivers. Should a user be unsure what is suitable for the printer at hand, a comprehensive set of free PPDs and drivers would be put on the system withĭepending on the printer, it may also be desirable to install one or more of the following: Legacy (non-modern) printers require printer drivers. This page and another intend to cater for users with both types of printer device. Notwithstanding this, there are still many legacy (non-modern) printers and their drivers in use. Modern printers are catered for by CUPS and supported by OpenPrinting initiatives such as cups-filters.

The Debian printing system has undergone many significant changes over the past few years, with much of the printer management taking advantage of the advances in modern printer technology and the proliferation of IPP printers.

Printer Sharing Using Macintosh as the Client and Debian as the Server.

CUPS as Print Server for Windows Machines.

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