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Bug#952748: marked as done (libreoffice: Printer and queue attributes not available)

Your message dated Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:20:34 +0000
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and subject line Re: Bug#952748: libreoffice: Printer and queue attributes not available
has caused the Debian Bug report #952748,
regarding libreoffice: Printer and queue attributes not available
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Package: libreoffice
Version: 1:6.4.1~rc1-2
Severity: important


I have an up-to-date unstable system with CUPS and cups-filters
installed. cups-browsed is not installed.

The print dialog has two entries: ENVY4500 and LaserJet_300_desktop.
The ENVY is an IPP printer on the network and the LaserJet is an
advertised queue on a remote CUPS server. The enumeration is done via
DNS-SD from the printer and the server and both devices are capable of
two-sided printing. All ok up to there.

Looking under Properties/Device the only option is "Manual feed". This
means that a user cannot set values for Media Type, Color Model
and Print Quality when these attributes are available on printer or
queue. Here is an output from querying the printer:

brian@cupstest:~$ lpoptions -p envy4500 -l
PageSize/Media Size: 100x150mm 111.76x152.4mm 3.5x5 3.5x5.Borderless 3x5                                               4x6 4x6.Borderless 5x7 5x7.Borderless 5x8 8x10 8x10.Borderless *A4                                                     A4.Borderless A5 A6 A6.Borderless B5 Env10 EnvA2 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvChou3                                                  EnvChou4 EnvDL EnvMonarch EnvPersonal Executive ISOB5 Legal Letter                                                     Letter.Borderless Postcard Postcard.Borderless Statement Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
MediaType/Media Type: *Stationery PhotographicGlossy
ColorModel/Output Mode: *RGB Gray Gray16 DeviceGray DeviceRGB AdobeRGB
Duplex/Duplex: *None DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble
cupsPrintQuality/cupsPrintQuality: Draft *Normal High
brian@cupstest:~$

If the printer or print queue is printed to, CUPS forms a temporary,
local queue and a PPD is generated in /etc/cups/ppd from the queries
made. This queue exists for a minute and during that time Device is
populated and attributes from the PPD are made available in the print
dialog.

It seems to me that the dialog is not querying either printer or queue
to get their attributes to display, but, OTOH, is happy to deal with
local queues, which is what cups-browsed supplies. It would be good to
take full advantage of what CUPS offers and fix this unsatisfactory
behaviour.

Regards,

Brian.

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Fri 28 Feb 2020 at 13:55:28 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:

[...]

> Looking under Properties/Device the only option is "Manual feed". This
> means that a user cannot set values for Media Type, Color Model
> and Print Quality when these attributes are available on printer or
> queue. Here is an output from querying the printer:

[...]

With 1:7.3.0-1 the dialog appears to use CUPS to query a printer and
display its attributes under Properties/Device. Hence closing.

Regards,

Brian.

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