Andy Burns wrote:
Steve Firth wrote:

just about every main brand consumer printer supports AurPrint

Only for fairly new models, given that Apple 'own' CUPS, why bother to
re-invent the wheel, why not just use CUPS + IPP?

If that's what someone wants it is possible as long as one owns a computer
on a WiFi network that uses CUPS. if the computer is a Mac it's click and
drag easy. If the computer is a PC running Linux it is as easy as
installing a printer ever is in Linux. If it is a PC running Windows it's
the usual broken mess.

Apple cooperated with printer makers to give a consumer friendly version as
well. ie buy a cheap printer and it just works. Did you perhaps whine and
moan because your digital camera will only print direct to particular
consumer printers and not at all to networked devices unless they have WiFi
and PictBridge?

You sound like one of those people
who tries to find fault because it's Apple.

And you sound like on of those who defend *whatever* they do.

No Apple get many things wrong but in respect of printing from mobile
devices they were ahead of the curve. I object to people distorting the
truth and find it particularly laughable when Android fanbhois go on and on
about iOS printing (usually spouting complete ******** about it) when
Android printing is such a lash up.

Go on, explain how easy it is to set up printing for Android.

Agreed it not straightforward either, especially if you don't like the
idea of your print job taking a round trip through the cloud.

Quite. So why all the animosity about iOS? TBH most of the objectors would
be more honest if they admitted that their objections are "sour grapes" in
the original sense. The Apple is out of their (financial) reach so they
rubbish it despite having never used one or even bothering to find out if
what they say is true.

I also suspect many of them don't own an Android device either - just
armchair "experts".

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