The experimental archive (rc-buggy) at present contains a snapshot of CUPS 2.2.2 and the 1.13.0 versions of cups-filters and cups-browsed. This is enough to take up the invitation in
http://lists.cups.org/pipermail/cups-devel/2016-November/016910.html > So everyone reading this, please test your printers. If you have > not-too-old network-connected printers they probably support Apple > Raster and so work driverless with current CUPS. > I have also started to support Apple Raster printers with cups-filters. > If you use the current BZR snapshot (or the upcoming 1.12.0) together > with the newest CUPS cups-browsed will also auto-setup Apple Raster > printers and not only IPP Everywhere and some legacy > IPP/PostScript/PDF/PCL printers. I have an HP ENVY 4500 series inkjet machine. It comes with AirPrint, which has not seen any use because I do not have an i-device. If it is of interest avahi-browse shows the text record as txt = ["Scan=T" "Duplex=T" "Color=T" "UUID=1c852a4d-b800-1f08-abcd-308d99fafac2" "note=" "adminurl=http://envy4500.local."; "mac=30:8d:99:fa:fa:c2" "priority=40" "usb_MDL=ENVY 4500 series" "usb_MFG=HP" "product=(HP ENVY 4500 series)" "ty=ENVY 4500 series" "kind=document,envelope,photo" "PaperMax=<legal-A4" "pdl=application/vnd.hp-PCL,image/jpeg,application/PCLm,image/urf" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"] A PPD is generated for an everywhere queue and for the auto-setup with the CreateIPPPrinterQueues directive of cups-browsed. The PPD fails with cupstestppd because of multiple occurences of a couple of options. A bug in its autogeneration? Anyway, printing takes place. Nothing complex was used for the test so I suppose it remains to be seen how well it would stand up for something serious. But at this point I'm impressed. I suppose if my printer needed a non-free plugin (it doesn't) I would now have a way to dispense with it. I've been trying to think of any disadvantages to driverless printing over using a hpcups or Gutenprint PPD. Are there any? -- Brian.
