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minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPrinter drivers aren’t in the kernel AFAIK. They’re in CUPS and mostly CUPS uses IPP Everywhere these days.
minus-squares_s@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCUPS is not driver software. It’s a “printing system” that provides a web interface for configuration some of that configuration may require a vendor supplied config file. “IPP Everywhere” (Internet Printing Protocol) is a print server (ie “sharing”) software serving the IPP communication protocol. So the chain goes: Hardware -> Firmware (if any)-> Driver-> Printing System -> Print sharing
Printer drivers aren’t in the kernel AFAIK. They’re in CUPS and mostly CUPS uses IPP Everywhere these days.
CUPS is not driver software.
It’s a “printing system” that provides a web interface for configuration some of that configuration may require a vendor supplied config file.
“IPP Everywhere” (Internet Printing Protocol) is a print server (ie “sharing”) software serving the IPP communication protocol.
So the chain goes:
Hardware -> Firmware (if any)-> Driver-> Printing System -> Print sharing