#Cups #OpenPrinting project and printers themselves came a long way since Cups 1.x. Internet Printing Protocol #IPP uses a pdf/raster payload and supports config exchange - no more PCL/PS/custom printer languages. No more PPD files and no binary drivers from manufacturers \o/ Now if I could point cups-client to a IPP network printer directly (via client.conf) that would be perfect - faster than avahi and less overhead than having cups-service daemon on my network.