[tonyedgecombe]

This is well overdue, the existing situation is dire not just in terms of security but the general quality of software from the printer manufacturers.

However this is going to break a lot of existing applications. The printer manufacturers have been laggards when it comes to adopting v4 drivers which date back to Vista.

[ComodoHacker]

No doubt manufacturers will us this as an excuse to force users into buying a new model, blaming Microsoft in the process.

[bayindirh]

I use two printers with “Driverless CUPS” currently. One is 10+ years old HP, and the other is 20+ Xerox.

When done right, you don’t need new printers.

[isilofi]

You just need to buy network-ready printers with native PostScript or PDF support. Then it has always worked.

But most "cheap" (if not accounting for consumables) inkjet crap isn't like that.

[godzillabrennus]

I know some folks out there bragging about saving on toner by still repairing an HP LaserJet 2… I can’t see this being an easy transition…

[vel0city]

Those LaserJets often already do support LPR and IPP. Some of this is just further pushing tech that's been in Windows since Windows 2000 and deprecating the old stuff.

[isilofi]

As long as you can send PS, PCL or PDF to the printer via some "standard" network protocol (IPP, LPD, LPR, JetDirect), the "driver" will just be a PDL file and won't need any special privileges.

[NegativeLatency]

Easy enough to setup a raspberry pi as a ipp server