Associate a backend with a printer?

Aaron Sher asher at vanteon.com
Thu May 10 06:59:21 PDT 2012


> Aaron,
>
> On May 8, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Aaron Sher <asher at vanteon.com> wrote:
> > If we did write a custom backend, how would we get the thing to show up in the add printer UI?
>
> It will show up in the default "browser" pane of Add Printer.  Depending on the version of OS X being used, this will happen quickly (10.7 and later) or after a delay of several seconds (10.6 and earlier).

I take it it won't show up under the "Printers Near Me" list on 10.7? That means that most people on that version will never see our custom backend, which reduces its usefulness dramatically.

Thanks,
   Aaron




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