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cups package

  1. Bug #1052897
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 1052897

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Nick B. (futurepilot) wrote : Re: [Bug 1052897] Re: Printer sharing via CUPS broadcasting dropped in CUPS 1.6.x

AFAIK you do not need the driver on the client. See comment #3 for details.
"you will only get asked for a queue name, not for a driver." I can confirm
that if done correctly you do not get asked for a driver.

On Wednesday, October 03, 2012 04:51:23 PM Kevin Keijzer wrote:
> I guess this was to be expected with Apple being in charge of CUPS. No
> longer having network printers automatically discovered and needing the
> drivers on the client-side are two of the worst regressions in Ubuntu
> and GNU/Linux in general that I've seen in years.
>
> Fork time? Seriously, this is bad. Ubuntu's printing system will be just
> like Redmond's now!