Comment by guywithahat

There have been cases where I needed to install drivers from the manufacturer. Hunting it down from the manufacturer's website is a pain and most importantly, I'd rather avoid installing CrapPrinterBundle.exe [1] from hardware manufacturers if I could avoid it. Gutenprint has been a good alternative in this case.

[1]: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

Yes. Even better, you also get officially supported drivers from the manufacturer.

Sometimes you need them to fully utilize the printer, like my Canon Pixma Pro-100.

Dye sublimation printers is another reason. Gutenprint has great support for those

https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_FAQ_OS_X.php#description

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