Re: Bug#965144: Proposed entry for the bullseye Release Notes
On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:50:25 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Le vendredi, 17 juillet 2020, 13.40:26 h CEST Till Kamppeter a écrit :
> > On 17/07/2020 12:54, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > > I am very much attracted by the idea of a USB connected printer becoming
> > > immediately available when it is plugged in, so a Recommends: ipp-usb
> > > would be ok with me.
> >
> > Yes, I would very much like this, too, for Ubuntu into which both CUPS
> > and ipp-usb get synced.
>
> You might have seen that I uploaded CUPS with a Recommends: ipp-usb in cups-
> daemon.
>
> Le jeudi, 23 juillet 2020, 20.52:47 h CEST Brian Potkin a écrit :
> > On Fri 17 Jul 2020 at 18:21:21 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > > I have started on planning a revision of the IPP-over-USB content on the
> > > wiki. Much of what you wrote (and I have snipped) is part of the plan's
> > > outline. However, it has helped to focus my mind. Thank you very much for
> > > the input. I hope to have something in place during this coming week.
> >
> > The IPP-over-USB content at
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting
> >
> > has been revised. There will be changes to it as developments occur. I also
> > intend altering SaneOverNetwork (to be linked to from DriverlessPrinting)
> > to take account of recent driverless scanning initiatives. This will happen
> > when the integration of libsane1 into unstable takes place.
>
> Great; thanks a lot for your continued, consistent and persistent
> documentation work!
I intend to submit the following tomorrow for inclusion in the Debian 11
Release Notes. Please feel free to comment on its accuracy or quality of
expression if necessary.
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The Release Notes for Debian 10 briefly described the driverless
printing situation implemented via CUPS and cups-filters. The changes
applied to modern printers connected by ethernet or wireless.
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#driverless-printing
The release of Debian 11 sees the inclusion of ipp-usb into the stable
archive. ipp-usb is recommended by cups-daemon and utilises the
vendor-neutral IPP-over-USB protocol that is supported by many modern
printers. ipp-usb allows a USB device to be seen and treated as a
network device. The outcome is that driverless printing is extended to
include USB connected printers. The specifics are outlined at
https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting.
The systemd service file included in ipp-usb starts the ipp-usb daemon
when a printer is plugged in, making a USB connected printer available
for printing to, either by being auto-setup by cups-browsed or being
manually installed with a driverless print queue. The use of vendor
printer drivers, free and non-free, becomes unnecessary.
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Cheers,
Brian.
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