The Announcement Late last month there was an announcement of a “severity 9.9 vulnerability” allowing remote code execution that affects “all GNU/Linux systems (plus others)”…
Ive worked with thermal printers used in POS, and usually they use a different protocol than notmal printing so you’re not using cups (basically you send “commands” with text and its position). But i am sure there are some exceptions…
I was thinking embedded clients would be the bigger issue. Stuff like POS machines, that sort of thing.
Ive worked with thermal printers used in POS, and usually they use a different protocol than notmal printing so you’re not using cups (basically you send “commands” with text and its position). But i am sure there are some exceptions…
Even there, if the stars align (network access, cups being used), you still need to convince the user of the device to switch printer.