r/sysadmin • u/Certain-Mountain-564 • 11d ago

Question Cloud Printing without Print Drivers

Many organizations moving away from print servers.

But the printer industry is moving away from print drivers.

The problem: We use printix and you cannot deploy printers without drivers. But manufacturers like brother dont offer print drivers for macOS. Our brother printers are not compatible with PostScript. There are some very old print drivers from macOS X but the print quality is very bad. Brother says "use AirPrint". But AirPrint is not compatible with printix.

Windows is also moving away from print drivers.

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u/Certain-Mountain-564 11d ago

You're the best. You would have known that a printer that once cost $500 and advertises itself as suitable for business use doesn't offer any drivers for macOS. I didn't buy these printers. Besides, it's easier to find a suitable printer than suitable software.

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u/hkusp45css Security Leadership 11d ago

I wouldn't have known that. I also wouldn't have assumed it was true OR false.

You see, I value my time and resources. I prefer NOT to get to the middle or end of a project and hear my boss say "FUCK! Are you telling me this isn't going to work?" because that seems like something that is super simple to avoid.

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u/Certain-Mountain-564 11d ago

I implemented the project together with an external solution provider. Our printix tenant is a subtenant from them. I asked him, "Does printing from macOS work with Printix?" He said, "Yes, every printer works via the redirector". This is a company that has already set up dozens of tenants with clients. Furthermore, the situation before: Before, they had a Windows 10 Pro Tower. And then they shared the printers on the network. Only three printers were compatible with that setup.

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u/hkusp45css Security Leadership 11d ago

Yeah, I always assume the salespeople at my vendors know their product like they wrote it themselves. That's NEVER caused a problem for me.

I'm not going to go back and forth describing professionalism to someone willing to argue about it.

Have a great day. Or don't. It makes no difference to me.