Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Brother MFC-J6720DW

[gene h. <ghe...@sh...>]

On 9/6/22 08:49, Zdenek Dohnal wrote:
> On 9/5/22 19:00, gene heskett wrote:
>> ...Much saner life w/o it. So 100% of
>> my net is wired. No microphones plugged into any these machines 
>> either. If some 3 letter
>> agency wants to hear what I think, let em bring the big truck, easier 
>> target to hit.
> AirPrint/IPP Everywhere works over wired network as well, no need to 
> require wifi.
>> Its options for instance, do not include the choice of which paper 
>> tray to use, nor does it include using the
>> color trim options in the ppd. When Mike decides to support the 
>> printers features, I might consider using
>> it his way. Until then . . .
>
> AFAIK the reason why some features are missing doesn't have to be only 
> because AirPrint/IPP Everywhere design. There can be an issue in 
> printer's IPP implementation or in CUPS itself. IMO driverless 
> protocols tend to supply basic functionality, so you don't have to 
> worry whether your device will be supported on a different OS.
>
> And if user is satisfied with features provided by AirPrint/IPP 
> Everywhere (which is subjective), I wouldn't push him to a printer 
> driver/printer application. In case he needs further features of the 
> printer, use printer driver or printer application.
>
That is a much more agreeable procedure and attitude in this camp. A 
breath of fresh air. Mike wants to do away with ppd's and that is not 
going to be acceptable as long as there are folks who /will/ spend the 
sheckles to get
the features or performance they want/need.

Doing away with ppd's is a bad idea. I didn't put $750 on my card half a 
decade ago to have it treated
like a $40 Kodak special that WalMart or Target might sell to starving 
students who think Windoze is
the bees knees. In that event, I hope some enterprising developer forks 
it, and calls it bups for Better Unix
Printing System. If I was 50 years younger, it might even be me, but 
I've enough irons in the fire  now
to keep me out of the bars till I miss roll call. That depends on the 
battery in my pacemaker, and the
replacement TAVR valve in my heart. My next b-day shortly will be the 
88th. I still write code today,
but its now its bash scripts and g-code  for cnc machinery I've made 
from manual machines. Or 3d printers.

Thank you very much, Zdenek Dohnal. I have no clue where you hail from, 
nor is it likely I can I properly
pronounce your name. NBD, folks can't spell mine either. Shrug.

Take care and stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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