Re:HP Ink Printers Remote Code Execution
by scarface74 on Saturday August 04, 2018 @03:58PM
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Microsoft has been able to guide other aspects of PC hardware since at least 1995. I don’t need drivers for most other hardware. You can even get basic functionality from graphics cards without drivers.
When Apple convinced printer manufacturers to support AirPrint in 2010, iOS wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous. You can find a fair amount of printers that support Google Cloud Print natively.
EDIT:
After reading a little bit more. It really is the fault of the vendors. MS tried to simplify it.
One advantage Apple had was that printers had to be compatible with AirPrint without drivers for them to work on iOS, the Mac was able to piggyback off of that.
When Apple convinced printer manufacturers to support AirPrint in 2010, iOS wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous. You can find a fair amount of printers that support Google Cloud Print natively.
EDIT:
After reading a little bit more. It really is the fault of the vendors. MS tried to simplify it.
https://blog.thinprint.com/the-new-microsoft-v4-printer-driv...
One advantage Apple had was that printers had to be compatible with AirPrint without drivers for them to work on iOS, the Mac was able to piggyback off of that.