Discussion Apple To Eliminate Printer Drivers

[Archean]

http://www.conceivablytech.com/8817/products/apple-to-eliminate-printer-drivers

Apple has filed two patent applications that describe an approach as well as file formats and APIs to eliminate the printer driver as a requirement for users to access a printer and print documents.

 

[vvhocare5]

That would indeed be a boon to these systems, but those crappy (HP) drivers would end up being replaced by equally crappy services that Apple enjoys installing.

10 different services for an iPOD install? Cmon.....

 

[roagie]

Aren't the latest Gutenprint drivers pretty much universal anyways? Seems like kind of a waste of time.