There have been cases where I needed to install drivers from the manufacturer. Hunting it down from the manufacturer's website is a pain and most importantly, I'd rather avoid installing CrapPrinterBundle.exe [1] from hardware manufacturers if I could avoid it. Gutenprint has been a good alternative in this case.
There have been cases where I needed to install drivers from the manufacturer. Hunting it down from the manufacturer's website is a pain and most importantly, I'd rather avoid installing CrapPrinterBundle.exe [1] from hardware manufacturers if I could avoid it. Gutenprint has been a good alternative in this case.
[1]: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers
Yes. Even better, you also get officially supported drivers from the manufacturer.
Sometimes you need them to fully utilize the printer, like my Canon Pixma Pro-100.
Dye sublimation printers is another reason. Gutenprint has great support for those
https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_FAQ_OS_X.php#description
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Please don't post snarky comments like this on HN.
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I'm pretty sure MacOSX shipped with CUPS, not gutenprint.
You’re right, that’s what it used (uses?).
CUPS is alive and well within macOS.