Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) to Support IPP Everywhere Printers and Apple AirPrint

Canonical's Till Kamppeter sent a message to the Ubuntu development mailing list to invite early adopters of the upcoming Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) operating system to test a brand-new printing system implemented recently in the GNU/Linux distribution.

It would appear that Ubuntu 17.04 received support for IPP Everywhere printers, which means that you'll finally be able to print to network printers without special software or drivers, as well as Apple AirPrint support, so you can create full-quality printed output without the need to download or install drivers on your Ubuntu Linux operating system and without having access to a Windows or Mac computer.

"Have the printer connected to your network. It works with wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi. For Wi-Fi have it correctly set up for Wi-Fi access, either connecting to your... (read more)

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