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Microsoft to Drop Support for Third-Party Printer Drivers on Windows (petri.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“With the release of Windows 10 21H2, Windows offers inbox support for Mopria compliant printer devices over network and USB interfaces via the Microsoft IPP Class Driver. This removes the need for print device manufacturers to provide their own installers, drivers, utilities, and so on.  Device experience customization is now available via the Print Support Apps that are distributed and automatically installed via the Windows Store,” the company wrote.

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[–] hascat 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you want Epson to provide you with a separately application which runs in the background to tell you when to update? Why split the responsibility?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because Microsoft has no more business managing Epson applications than Epson does, I dunno, Kensington or Belkin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's not like Microsoft would be managing them, just providing the repository. I really fail to see how having N+1 separate application update mechanisms (possibly running in the background) would be better than having a central one. Sure, it's managed by Microsoft but if you have a problem with that I'm not sure what you're doing using Windows in the first place