Saturday, August 13, 2011

Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants To Eliminate Printer Drivers

From Slashdot: Patent Applications Hint Apple Wants 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. If the company has its way, there will be three ways to access a printer in the future: The first will be via a conventional software driver. The second will be via a cloud service and the third will be via a driverless access method that supports 'universal' printing from any type device."

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