Package: ippusbxd
Version: 1.33-1
Severity: normal
I have been using ippusbxd on a number of unstable installations which
are up-to-date. The printer is exposed on a dummy0 interface with
ip link add dummy0 type dummy
ip link set dummy0 up multicast on
ip addr add 192.168.7.80/24 dev dummy0
ippusbxd is started with either
ippusbxd -i dummy0
or
ippusbxd -i dummy0 -d
after the printer is plugged into a USB port. Unplugging the printer
sees ippusbxd stopping.
When hplip is not installed, my ENVY 4500 gets set up as an IPP-over-USB
printer very nicely. With hplip installed, plugging the USB cable into
the machine before starting ippusbxd gets me a non-driverless queue. Why
should I want that?
Furthermore, the non-driverless queue is shared. It seems a little
unusual to provide access to the printer when the ippusbxd queue doesn't
specifically allow it.
Regards,
Brian.