CUPS
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“In Linux it's pretty easy to create such things with cups.”
“good experiences with Brother laserjet printers and CUPS over wifi with my Linux laptops”
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“and CUPS for years, it’s great”
“It blew my mind with how easy it was”
“I can print to the CUPS server even if the printer is off”
Caveats and dissent
“Last I heard from CUPS they fired the only guy who was working on it?”
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“cups wouldn't be a good choice since there's a little more back-and-forth than just blasting out data to the printer”
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Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“as a CUPS/SANE/printer/scanner drivers contributor”
“CUPS and all related projects are supported by volunteers, including myself”
“there's still such an unbelievable amount of basic bugs and low-hanging-fruit optimizations”
Threads where it came up
- Rescuing old printers with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP 7 mentions
- How to build a printer 1 mention
- Asahi Linux on M3 1 mention
- Apple's CUPS repo was archived 1 mention
- Ask HN: Laptops with good Linux support and good build quality? 1 mention
- Reviving old scanners with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP 1 mention
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All comments 16
“In Linux it's pretty easy to create such things with cups.”
“Last I heard from CUPS they fired the only guy who was working on it?”
“actively maintaining it for years”
“good experiences with Brother laserjet printers and CUPS over wifi with my Linux laptops”
“I've used the Rpi3 as a CUPS server in a couple of sites, for a few printers.”
“bridge the ipp server of cups over webrtc”
“and CUPS for years, it’s great”
“use the network sharing features of SANE and CUPS”
“Works on my arm64 sbc as a cups printer”
“CUPS doesn't have driver for the MX-80 but it has a number of generic Epson drivers”
“Most cups changes nowadays happen in”
“It blew my mind with how easy it was”
“cups wouldn't be a good choice since there's a little more back-and-forth than just blasting out data to the printer”
“print via BLE instead of CUPS”
“I can print to the CUPS server even if the printer is off”
“CUPS and SANE both support it out of the box”