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Apple Releases CUPS 2.0

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

kthreadd writes: 15 years after the release of CUPS 1.0, Apple has now released version 2.0 of the printing system for GNU/Linux and other Unix-style operating systems. One of the major new features in 2.0 is that the test program for ippserver now passes the IPP Everywhere self-certification tests. Also, they've made an interesting blog post looking at the past and future of printing. Since the first major release in 1999, printing has become much more personal. Printer drivers are going away, and mobile usage is now the norm."

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  1. About time by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Printer drivers are going away

    It's about time

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  2. Re:Where? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    https://www.cups.org/software.php

    Was that really that hard?
    Your geek card is void. Return it asap.

  3. Re: Why does this seem fishy? by Bazman · · Score: 4, Funny

    One day someone will try to return a faulty printer to a company that insist they print the return label...

  4. Surprised noone said this yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    CUPS 2.0, girl 1
    captcha: quantify

  5. Re: Web server for printing... by Karlt1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    even still, the only time anyone I knew personally printed anything from a mobile device was over 10 years ago and that was in an electronics store, printing goatse over bluetooth to a printer on display.

    You've convince me! Your anecdotal experience is enough for me to believe that no one needs to print from mobile devices....

  6. Re: Web server for printing... by paulkoan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me too! And I do it all the time.

    No more, thank god.

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