On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 2:53 PM Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/31/23 11:10, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> The theory is that you shouldn't have to do anything except configure
> the printer (in CUPS) to use DNSSD. That in turn depends on Avahi
> working correctly. Try 'sudo avahi-browse -a -t' to make sure the
> printer is visible.

I just set up an Epson EcoTank inkjet printer.  Theoretically, it
supports IPP Everywhere, AirPrint, and driverless printing, but it only
accepts ESC/P-R datastreams, so color me skeptical about the wonderful
driverless future.
Driverless sounds like a nice concept, but doesn't seem to work for me.  I deleted the proprietary printer driver for my brother laser hl-l2395dw, then on KDE try adding a printer.  It does detect the printer in the "discovered printers" section I see a hll2395dw "driverless" option.  But if I choose that, I'm prompted to fill in an ip address and some other info (port?).  So I don't think this is actually working.  Choosing instead Brother's proprietary driver works and connects via dnssd without asking me for other info.