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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Member since:2005-07-06
There is an alternative being promoted by Microsoft - XPS; Xerox has already signed up to it. XPS, unlike OOXML, isn't an unmitigated disaster when it comes to documenting the format and better still the licence is open and shut - its free for anyone to implement at not cost.
Member since:2005-07-06
feel free to call me a burnt child, but even if its xml based, its coming from microsoft. how is the documentation for it? the ooxml one is indeed a disaster.
as in, it does not help that its open for use, if one have to read something thats as readable as the bible in cryllic, written in mirror writing, using rot13...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript
while the source may be questionable, it seems that postscript has a bit of license cost attached to it.
and its one complex language to by the looks of it.
in comparison, it seems that what most in-house drivers do is take the data, turn it all into a kind of image, and send said image data to the printer.