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Apple Licenses CUPS

Posted by pudge on from the two-steps-forward-one-step-back dept.

bmeteor writes: "Short and very sweet: CUPS is licensed by Apple. A boon for both Apple and GNU." CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is a system based on the Internet Printing Protocol for standardized printing on Unix systems. That's nice, but when can I print over the network to my Epson inkjet, like I can in Mac OS 9 with USB Printer Sharing?

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  1. Great news... by Justen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is definitely great news. I think this will be a big positive, especially for Apple in higher education and big biz.

    Justen