Brian Potkin wrote: > Text for the Release Notes, if it helps: Here's a version with markup - patch attached.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Debian 10.x.x provides CUPS 2.2.10 and cups-filters 1.21.6. Both give a "Debian 10", and/or just "buster". When you say "both", presumably you don't mean that either on its own would provide this; so say "Together these give the user..." > user everything that is needed to take advantage of driverless printing > (https://wiki.debian.org/DriverlessPrinting). The principal requirement > is that a network print queue or printer offers an AirPrint service. A > modern IPP printer is highly likely to be AirPrint-capable; a Debian > CUPS print queue is always AirPrint-enabled. > > In essence, the DNS-SD (Bonjour) broadcasts done by a CUPS server It sounds a bit odd to talk about doing broadcasts - just say "the... broadcasts from a [...] or those from [...]" > advertising a queue, or those from IPP printers, are capable of being > displayed in the print dialogs of applications without any action being > required on the part of a user. An additional benefit is that the use > of non-free vendor printing drivers and plugins can be dispensed with. > > A default installation of the cups package also installs the package > cups-browsed; print queues and IPP printers will now be automatically > set up and managed by this utility. This is the recommended way > (https://wiki.debian.org/QuickPrintQueuesCUPS) for a user to experience > seamless and trouble-free driverless printing. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <section id=driverless-printing> <!-- stretch to buster --> <title>driverless printing with CUPS 2.2.10</title> <para> Debian 10 provides CUPS 2.2.10 and cups-filters 1.21.6. Together these give a user everything that is needed to take advantage of <ulink url="&url-wiki;DriverlessPrinting">driverless printing</ulink>. The principal requirement is that a network print queue or printer offers an AirPrint service. A modern IPP printer is highly likely to be AirPrint-capable; a Debian CUPS print queue is always AirPrint-enabled. </para> <para> In essence, the DNS-SD (Bonjour) broadcasts from a CUPS server advertising a queue, or those from IPP printers, are capable of being displayed in the print dialogs of applications without any action being required on the part of a user. An additional benefit is that the use of non-free vendor printing drivers and plugins can be dispensed with. </para> <para> A default installation of the <systemitem role="package">cups</systemitem> package also installs the package <systemitem role="package">cups-browsed</systemitem>; print queues and IPP printers will now be automatically set up and managed by this utility. This is the <ulink url="&url-wiki;QuickPrintQueuesCUPS">recommended way</ulink> for a user to experience seamless and trouble-free driverless printing. </para> </section> (I hadn't noticed that "&url-wiki" format. If it works we should be using it in various other places too.) -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk index f8b058c3..a9269ef8 100644 --- a/en/whats-new.dbk +++ b/en/whats-new.dbk @@ -545,5 +545,34 @@ code. </para> </section> +<section id=driverless-printing> + <!-- stretch to buster --> + <title>driverless printing with CUPS 2.2.10</title> + <para> + Debian 10 provides CUPS 2.2.10 and cups-filters 1.21.6. Together + these give a user everything that is needed to take advantage of + <ulink url="&url-wiki;DriverlessPrinting">driverless printing</ulink>. + The principal requirement is that a network print queue or printer + offers an AirPrint service. A modern IPP printer is highly likely to + be AirPrint-capable; a Debian CUPS print queue is always + AirPrint-enabled. + </para> + <para> + In essence, the DNS-SD (Bonjour) broadcasts from a CUPS server + advertising a queue, or those from IPP printers, are capable of being + displayed in the print dialogs of applications without any action being + required on the part of a user. An additional benefit is that the use + of non-free vendor printing drivers and plugins can be dispensed with. + </para> + <para> + A default installation of the <systemitem role="package">cups</systemitem> + package also installs the package <systemitem + role="package">cups-browsed</systemitem>; print queues and IPP printers + will now be automatically set up and managed by this utility. This is the + <ulink url="&url-wiki;QuickPrintQueuesCUPS">recommended way</ulink> + for a user to experience seamless and trouble-free driverless printing. + </para> +</section> + </section> </chapter>
