Aikin OpenPrinting (tallafi daga Linux Foundation), sanar dashi cewa masu haɓakawas sun fara da cokali mai yatsa na tsarin buga CUPS, inda bangare mafi tasiri a ci gaba shine Michael R Sweet, asalin marubucin CUPS.
Tun daga 2007, bin sayayyun Kayayyakin Kayan Software, (kamfanin CUPS) Apple ya gama sarrafa ci gaban CUPS. A watan Disamba na 2019, Michael Sweet, wanda ya kafa aikin CUPS da Kayayyakin Software mai Sauƙi, ya yi murabus daga Apple.
Mafi yawan canje-canje a cikin CUPS lambar tushe Michael Sweet ne ya yi shi da kansa amma a cikin sanarwar tashi, Michael ya ambata cewa injiniyoyi biyu sun kasance a Apple wadanda za su ba da kulawa ga CUPS.
Duk da haka, bayan sallamar Michael, aikin CUPS ya daina bunkasa kuma shine a lokacin 2020, sadaukarwa kawai aka ƙara zuwa tushen lambar CUPS tare da kawar da rauni.
An ƙirƙira ƙungiyar OpenPrinting ɗin da aka ƙirƙira a 2006 don haɗakar aikin Linuxprinting.org da OpenPrinting ƙungiya mai aiki na Softwareungiyar Free Software, wanda ke haɓaka gine-ginen tsarin buga Linux (Michael Sweet yana ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin wannan rukunin).
Bayan shekara guda, aikin ya zo ƙarƙashin reshen Linux Foundation tun aikin yana aiki akan ci gaban sabbin gine-ginen bugu, fasaha, kayan aikin buga abubuwa da daidaitattun daidaito don Linux da tsarin aiki irin na UNIX.
Baya ga kuma hada hannu tare da Kungiyar IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG) kan ayyukan IPP, yana aiki tare da SANE don yin binciken IPP ya zama gaskiya.
Kula da marufin-kofuna hakan yana ba da damar amfani da CUPS akan kowane tsarin da ke bisa Unix (ba macOS ba), kumas ke da alhakin samar da bayanai na Foomatic da kuna aiki kan aikin Rubuta Magana na Baya na Baya.
A cikin 2012, aikin OpenPrinting, a cewar Apple, ya kula da kunshin matatun kofuna tare da abubuwanda ake buƙata don CUPS don aiki akan tsarin ban da macOS (kamar na CUPS 1.6 da aka saki, Apple ya katse tallafi ga wasu matattara masu bugawa da bayan goge da aka yi amfani da su a cikin Linux, amma ba sha'awa ga macOS ba, kuma suma sun lalata direbobin PPD don yardar da yarjejeniyar IPP a ko'ina).
A halin yanzu, wurin adana kayan aikin ya ƙunshi facin da aka samu ta hanyar rarraba Linux da tsarin BSD.
Za'a daidaita reshe, watau a faɗi babban ma'ajiyar Apple CUPS zai yi aiki a matsayin tushe, kuma nau'ikan OpenPrinting CUPS za'a samar dashi azaman kariMisali, bisa tsari na 2.3.3, an shirya samar da sigar ta 2.3.3OP1.
Bayan gwaji mai yawa, canje-canje da aka ɓullo a cikin cokali mai yatsu an shirya za a mayar da su zuwa babbar maɓallin CUPS, aika buƙatun buƙata zuwa Apple.
Till Kampeter, shugaban aikin OpenPrinting, ya yi tsokaci game da dakatar da wallafe-wallafen CUPS, yana mai lura cewa idan Apple ya daina shiga wannan aikin, shi, tare da Michael Sweet, za su ɗauki ci gaba a hannunsu, kamar yadda CUPS ke da mahimmanci ga yanayin halittu na Linux . Bugu da kari, ya ambaci niyyar nan ba da jimawa ba zai kawo karshen goyon bayan CUPS na tsarin kwastomomi na PPD, wanda aka rage.
Har yanzu ana buƙatar CUPS akan Linux. CUPS jerin gwano jobs (ba duk aikace-aikacen firintar bane ko masu buga takardu na IPP na asali sukeyi), pre-filters PDF daga aikace-aikacen mai amfani a tsarin da mai buga takardu (ko aikace-aikacen firintar) ya fahimta (IPP baya buƙatar mai ɗab'i / uwar garken IPP ya fahimci PDF) kuma ya raba masu bugawa a kan hanyar sadarwar, kuma tare da ingantattun tsarin tabbatarwa kamar Kerberos.
CUPS zata daina tallafawa fayilolin PPD bada jimawa ba (wannan shine ɗayan manyan canje-canje taswirar hanya) don haka direbobin gargajiya waɗanda suka ƙunshi PPDs da masu tacewa yanzu ba a tallafawa da aikace-aikacen firintar sune hanya ɗaya kawai don samar da firintar direbobi.
Duba Linux Plumber Microconferences, taron OpenPrinting Summit / PWG (duba shafin yanar gizon OpenPrinting, "Labarai da Abubuwan da suka faru"), da kuma labaran labaran OpenPrinting na kowane wata.
Finalmente idan kuna sha'awar ƙarin sani game da shi game da aikin, zaku iya bincika bayanan ta hanyar zuwa zuwa mahada mai zuwa.