Windows User: My computer froze again. I have to restart it for the third time today
Linux User: That’s rough. My system has been running for 3 years straight without a single crash
Windows User: Wow! What have you been doing with all that uptime?
Linux User: Trying to get my usb ink printer to work 😅
@nixCraft Having just lost three rounds with a laser jet and an ink jet printer this hits hard.
Printers are this nexus of mechanical operation, data transformation and security attack surface.
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I really hope that this project gets started...
I am already in contact with the authors and support them from the software side. The software of the main controller board will be most probably PAPPL and libcups 3.x, making the printer appearing as a modern, driverless printer, both via network and via USB.
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