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I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - incognegro - 08-29-2008
http://www.cups.org/
Did a test print from my Brother printer and saw CUPS © Apple.
"CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX®-based operating systems. It was developed by Easy Software Products and is now owned and maintained by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution. It is the standard printing system in Mac OS® X and most Linux® distributions.
CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues and adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real-world printing."
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - mattkime - 08-29-2008
its odd that they bought it - i'm not sur what that exactly means. however, the software is free, source code and all.
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - Fred_Also - 08-29-2008
Try this address in your browser to get the CUPS info on your connected printers.
http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/
Fred Also
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - JoeH - 08-29-2008
There is a FAQ on the site, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L476+TFAQ+P1+Q, that covers the "Who Owns CUPS?" question. Part of it is that in Feb. 2007 Apple hired the original writer of CUPS to work for them. He was also an owner of the company Apple bought the rights to CUPS from. This probably allows Apple to keep him in control of official distributions of the code, and might have been part of the negotiated contract when he went to work for them. Would not be the first GPL'd code that has a corporate owner.
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - ztirffritz - 08-29-2008
I think that apple purchased CUPS so that they could ensure it's future. Imagine what would have happened if MS purchased it? Every Linux and unix district would have been screwed. Techically they could have forked the project but that would have taken precious time and apple was on a role.
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - incognegro - 08-29-2008
I was thinking that too, Fritz.
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - Black Landlord - 08-29-2008
The innovation and marketing savvy should have been a dead giveaway.
http://www.nuttybuddy.com/sitemap.html
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - Harbourmaster - 08-29-2008
[quote Fred_Also]Try this address in your browser to get the CUPS info on your connected printers.
http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/
Fred Also
Wow! That's sweet Fred! Thanks!!!
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - WHiiP - 08-29-2008
Thanks, Fred . . .
The printer test page is nice, but it doesn't give you the page count that I would like to see (like the start-up page from my LW12/640PS).
Another interesting thing is that it shows my Canon i850 as having Postscript Level 3. Hmmmm...
Re: I didn't realize that Apple bought CUPS - incognegro - 08-30-2008
check out this printer:
Description: 127.0.0.1
Location:
Printer Driver: Generic PostScript Printer
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, not published.
Device URI: lpd://127.0.0.1/