HP ENVY 6052e Printer as a SCANNER Question *** SOLVED***

[Brian]

On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 18:34:25 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> 
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 at 18:26, Brian <claremont102 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I do mean that page. You do not have a modern printer. It's HPLIP's
> > drivers and PPDs for you. Nothing wrong with that, it's your only
> > choice. But note - CUPS will cease to support drivers and PPDs in the
> > near futre.
> >
> Thank you for your patience. I have a friend with a much older printer,
> that I had to use Ubuntu 14.04 to get printing.
> 
> Don't panic! Legacy printer users will be catered for in another way.
> >
> Interesting. And a relief :) What way will that be?

Have a search with ""printer application" or go to

  https://openprinting.github.io
 
> > A user with a modern printer is advised to use driverless printing.
> > Ubuntu 21.04 is designed to give a user with any vendor modern device
> > just that, automatically, over the network and on USB.
> >
> Wow!
> 
> > The days of drivers and PPDs are numbered.
> >
> OK. And CUPS will still be around?

Indeed. We do not have any other capable, well-supported printing
daemon.

-- 
Brian.