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Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives

Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives
[Announcements] Posted Jul 19, 2006 15:41 UTC (Wed) by cook

The Free Standards Group has announced the merging of Linuxprinting.org and the OpenPrinting workgroup. "The Free Standards Group (FSG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open source software standards, today announced Linuxprinting.org, the de facto standard repository for printer drivers on Linux, is merging with the FSG's OpenPrinting workgroup and will be integrated and supported in the Linux Standard Base (LSB). The result will be easier and standardized printing functionality on Linux and an ease of support for Linux and printing vendors and makes the Free Standards Group the central organization for printing on Linux and open source Unix."

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