From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=z3D2lbjHNZb7ct2U1BPGeXPKsi4IYmp30wGIXEH8EwI=; b=uapwczKn989Hsz7kLcgqU+uXGMg227Zmklqr+GV7rdV1DzFLRZJke1jAiF9zkCT4Th osdmQhC2fkc/QNWgxtDMvXlPvyURXGFU2TJwFrCWBs7I1rDJlMte1yqES1kxJTRtnZjI 0L5aZl/CZ5atDHW7ify4t4MD8370ije4kqzjqhPULmPdkHKcOFCMoMaJug+7mJxPygyy C27TtauBLp8w+9MOWqdt2wbtNkTqBSgUrnSOX9c/qnd9ANMAJniQqVlAs8KjE95INbgy 2G21JJBaJ/LLXjepbyHBnA7rShsV+azwfxbB79kQinhP02IkOgLhNNOnTsowD7v4hEP7 2AhA== References: <12af8541-3113-341d-6b7f-d7393203368f@gmail.com> <1099419D-7CC7-448C-84B1-5C35D75F7A03@msweet.org> <54aefb59-d506-8e30-8891-9d051ef81fed@gmail.com> From: Till Kamppeter Message-ID: <00d2660e-d305-7dcb-4535-fbbcfbbaeb01@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:21:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] Automatic printer setup with Printer Applications List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Michael Sweet Cc: "printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Jai Luthra On 24/02/2021 18:48, Michael Sweet wrote: > > ... which is why I suggested you create a registry for printer applications so that you can map a printer to one or more printer applications that you then run "autoadd" on. > Printer Applications should have a way to query the full list of printers they support by model and also the full list of generic (for example by-PDL) support options they have. So some "Printer Application finder" tool could find whether support for a certain printer is available and then add the printer (with driver "auto") on the right Printer Application. > I *don't* think that users should have every printer application installed - that is wasteful and confusing. > I think so, too. The Printer Applications should be available in the Snap Store and the Snap Store should have the search-by-hardware-signature thingy which I suggested: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/hardware-associated-snaps-snap-store-search-by-hardware-signature/ > > If the printer applications are based on PAPPL, you can use DNS-SD to find their system service endpoints and then have them add the printer using standard IPP operations, all through a common GUI. Similarly, you can use DNS-SD to find the web pages, if that is the way you want to go... Yes, I was also thinking this way for the network/local service manager application I suggested in the other thread. The manager could also have a button to start the "Printer Application finder" at each Printer Application entry. The "Printer Application finder" will, once the correct Printer Application is selected (and installed if it was not installed yet) actually set up the printer via IPP operations. Till