Bug#694945: foomatic: cannot get PPD for Canon-PIXMA-iP3000 and many others

[Yann Dirson <ydirson@free.fr>]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 12:49:53AM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 04:45:07PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote:
> > Package: foomatic-db-engine
> > Version: 4.0.8-3
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > There are apparently 3 CUPS drivers in Debian for the Pixma iP3000:
> > 
> > gutenprint.5.2://bjc-PIXMA-iP3000/expert
> > foomatic:Canon-PIXMA-iP3000-gutenprint-ijs.5.2.ppd
> > foomatic:Canon-PIXMA-iP3000-gutenprint-ijs-simplified.5.2.ppd
> 
> I have no idea why CUPS is using foomatic drivers here.
> The native CUPS driver is preferred.

It was a test I wanted to do, to check if the foomatic one would
support features not found in the gutenprint one (notably head cleaning)

> Do you have the ijsgutenprint package installed?

yes

> I'm afraid I can't help with the specifics of the foomatic
> issue itself since I'm not a foomatic expert.
> 
> [Given the pain they cause, it might be best to remove
> the gutenprint foomatic packages entirely for jessie.]

Well, I can't tell if there are printers for which they are useful.
But there are definitely things that could be improved, like making
sure drivers for a single printer sort close enough in the list :)