Microsoft will stop accepting new third-party print drivers in Windows
Universal standards for print and scan drivers have become more popular.
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@AndyGER @arstechnica "Microsoft's phase-out of printer-specific third-party drivers is mostly a lagging indicator of where printers have already been going; most current print-and-scan devices support Mopria, and IPP has been a staple of most printers sold since the early 2010s (despite the 'Internet' in the name, a version of IPP also works for printers locally connected via USB). Apple began deprecating third-party macOS printer drivers in favor of the IPP-based AirPrint back in 2019."
@AndyGER @arstechnica I've got bad (but actually good) news for you.. Cups is deprecating third party drivers as well, switching to IPP Everywhere. This is a good thing, good riddance to shitty third party printer drivers