HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question *** SOLVED***

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Brian,

On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 at 18:26, Brian <claremont102 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do mean that page. You do not have a modern printer. It's HPLIP's
> drivers and PPDs for you. Nothing wrong with that, it's your only
> choice. But note - CUPS will cease to support drivers and PPDs in the
> near futre.
>
Thank you for your patience. I have a friend with a much older printer,
that I had to use Ubuntu 14.04 to get printing.

Don't panic! Legacy printer users will be catered for in another way.
>
Interesting. And a relief :) What way will that be?


> A user with a modern printer is advised to use driverless printing.
> Ubuntu 21.04 is designed to give a user with any vendor modern device
> just that, automatically, over the network and on USB.
>
Wow!


> The days of drivers and PPDs are numbered.
>
OK. And CUPS will still be around?

TIA,


Ian

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