[Samba] Samba, KB5074105 and MOPRIA...

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Franz Pförtsch
  In chel di` si favelave...

[ Franz, you reply to me only; i don't know if this is intended or a mistake,
  but seems to me general ueseful consideration, so i reinject to samba list. ]

> I searched for microsoft KB5074105, and found something misleading ...
> I think you wrote about:
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/end-of-servicing-plan-for-third-party-printer-drivers-on-windows

Wonderful, you find the correct link. Thanks!


> the will stop supporting third-party-drivers? Will they still support there own
> printerdrivers?

Seems to me that by january 2026 there will no more driver installation and updates
via Windows Update, so driver installation can be done only by V3 drivers
supplied by vendors, and installed manually.


> for me it seems to me they want to push "driverless-printing", but how should
> this work in managed enterprise network, with different networks,
> vlans,firewalls and so on.

Probably in this aspect even better, beeing IPP an HTTP-like protocol...


> also default setup for printers are not manageable...

This is my core question: how can i manage printers as currently i do with
Point'n'Print?!

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