Universal Printer Driver
Andy Tai writes
"Printer makers are working together to define a
single universal printer driver. Called the
Universal Printer Driver Format, it will replace the
3000 printer drivers in existence. UPDF will allow the
characteristic of each printer to be described in a text
file, residing in the printer itself."
S:
This effort is 2 years old (not related to Intel's initiative)
if you look on their
website.
It looks pretty open from their
IPP pages,
including
specs and apparently
joining is free. Looks to me like an area where Linux
participation may be beneficial for Linux and the PWG by
providing early widespread testing (if printer manufacturers
release descriptions for existing printers in file format
before actually including them in their newer printers).
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