I have been using an all-in-one printer that does not have wi-fi or ethernet - it only connects via usb cable. That printer requires the 32 bit app to be seen. It uses ink cartridges that can be refilled for about $1.00 each for about 800 pages. It does not have the money sucking chips that they put in new printers to prevent you from refilling the cartridge. And the drivers work fine with Tumbleweed today and also with 15.4 guest that print to it.
All my
virtual guest machines print to it via IPP so I do understand
how that works.
I have
yet to see how to tell /etc/udev/40-libsame.rules on how to
see the scanner connected via IPP. It still requires a 32 bit
driver program to scan.
So you say throw away a perfectly good all-in-one printers and buy an ink wasting wifi printer (even though I only have ethernet and no wifi devices other than the router to talk to the roku tv and it is on it's own vlan to prevent it from seeing my computers.)
Also wi-fi printers are the number one way to break into your computer system. That exploit is available on the internet and HP has yet to completely prevent it with their patches. Look in the magazine Hackercool for step by step proof of how to get in via wi-fi printers connected via port 631.
At least Fedora is not dropping 32 bit program support - just 32 bit kernels.
My 2
cents.
On Wednesday 2022-11-23 22:27, Larry Len Rainey wrote:What about all the printer drivers that are 32bit. Are we going to lose the ability to print with the 32bit shrinkage?People lamenting the loss of fixed-bit field-specific, vendor-locked, unportable and/or non-free software... sorry, ran out of sympathies. Apple has been pushing for driverless printing for the past decade (or thereabout). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPrint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol """IPP is the basis of several printer logo certification programs including AirPrint, IPP Everywhere, and Mopria Alliance, and is supported by over 98% of printers sold today."""