Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Sep 2007 15:06 UTC, submitted by scott
In a move that's sure to be welcomed by customers of both parties, HP is reported to be working with Apple to allow users of Mac OS X Leopard to instantly receive the the latest versions of HP's printer drivers over Leopard's built-in Software Update mechanism. In seeding Leopard build 9A559 to its developer community last week, Apple listed only two known issues with the software, one of which instructed testers with HP printers connected to their system to perform a custom install of the next-gen operating system and de-select the HP printer drivers in the installer. "The HP printer drivers will be delivered post-install via Software Update", the company told testers. 
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2005-07-07
It seems weird that HP's drivers that give basic printer functionality should need any updating for Leopard. Apple uses CUPS as the backend for printing. Unless they have changed that, printing should still work. Also, if Apple uses CUPS for printing, shouldn't the printer drivers written for the Mac work on Linux machines using CUPS?