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Inside of CUPS are several different groups of drivers: Foomatic, Gutenprint, and vendor-supplied drivers. This is why so many printers have several different driver options when you install a new printer. Unlike Windows, in Linux it is trivially easy to test the different drivers to see which one you like best-- in the CUPS Web interface, just select "Modify printer" to run through the installer again. You won't have to reboot or watch it gag and crash; it just works. Many printing problems are cured by using a different driver.

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