Bug#750659: [foomatic-db-gutenprint] Upgrade from 5.2.9 to 5.2.10~pre2-2 breaks printing (Epson 525wd)
Hello, dear maintainer,
I have spent six hours in a hope to figure out the situation.
I have polled three incremental groups of packages...over three distributions, and tested each case individually:
x.1) printer-driver-gutenprint, libgutenprint2
x.2) (1) + foomatic-db
x.3) (2) + foomatic-db-gutenprint, ijsgutenprint
over
1.x) wheezy
2.x) testing
3.x) sid
Between groups, I have been restarting cups. And between releases, I have removed every related package before switching source lists.
Every single case has been tested and screenshoted (for me).
I found out, that there are actually THREE different drivers, that appear *in CUPS driver selection dialogue* if certain conditions meet:
1)- Epson Esc/P-R, a primitive one. Shows up and works over all three distros.
2)- CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9(wheezy); 5.2.10(sid). Its broken in Testing, does not appear there. Nothing "foomatic" is needed for this one to work.
3)- Foomatic/Gutenprint -5.2/-simplified.
Initially, I though that I used this (3) driver, but correctly I used (2).
The driver (3) appears in CUPS dialog, when "foomatic-db-engine" package is installed. And it appeared because I started experimenting when printer stopped working.
Image: http://imgur.com/l59PIbu
I think it should *NOT* appear in CUPS printer driver selection dialog, and should be part of "foomatic-filters", package that replaces CUPS? Because its broken in all three releases:
Every release, one tries to install driver (3) of any printer that has no drivers installed, there is a message about inability to copy PPD. My previous reports actually consist of a mix of this issue and original issue of testing/(2)
For reference, the corresponding versions of packages over three releases:
escputil foomatic-db-gutenprint gimp-gutenprint ijsgutenprint - with each sid: 5.2.10-2, testing: 5.2.10~pre2-2, wheezy: 5.2.9-1, and
foomatic-db (sid, testing: 20140325-1, wheezy: 20120523-1)
Thanks!
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