[cups] Do I need splix for HP's newer SPL-based printers?

[Till Kamppeter]

If a printer is advertised to do at least one of AirPrint, IPP 
Everywhere, Mopria, or Wi-Fi Direct Print, it works as a driverless IPP 
printer, meaning that it supports at least one of the standard page 
description languages (PDLs) PDF, URF/Apple Raster, PWG Raster, PCLm. 
These languages are all supported in the current Linux distributions, 
already for some years.

So the printer you mention does not require any driver for any 
proprietary PDL, it will simply work out-of-the-box with current Linux 
distributions. And from SANE 1.0.29 on (currently released version) the 
built-in scanner will also work.

    Till

On 26/05/2020 09:30, Fejes József wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to buy a wireless printer and use it with Cups.
> 
> I'm planning to buy one of HP's latest devices, like 107w or 178nw.
> The specifications of these only mention SPL as the page description
> language (unlike higher end HP printers, like M404dw, that list PCL,
> PDF, PWG, etc.). That tells me I would need the splix driver.
> 
> But these newest printers are also Mopria and AirPrint certified,
> which means they must support PDF/PWG/PCLm and URF. That tells me I
> could just send a raw PDF and it should just work. (If my phone can do
> it without fancy drivers, so should Cups, I figure.)
> 
> Is it true that Mopria/AirPrint devices really must support these
> well-documented formats so I don't need those proprietary
> formats/drivers? Why wouldn't a manufacturer list these formats as
> their PDL then?
> 
> Best regards,
> Jo
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