Bug#910882: cups-browsed: The default for UseCUPSGeneratePPDs should be "Yes"
Package: cups-browsed
Version: 1.21.3-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
The CreateIPPPrinterQueues works very nicely with remote print queues.
A permanent local queue is created which can be printed to using lp or
the GTK, Qt and Libreoffice dialogs.
When dealing with a remote IPP printer the situation is different, as
described in #905850 and #908604:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905850
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908604
Unlike a print queue, the queue for an IPP printer is temporary and
disappears within a minute from the 'lpstat -a' output and from a GTK
dialog (but not from Qt and Libreoffice dialogs). Very confusing for
a user, I would have thought. CreateIPPPrinterQueues is not sufficient
for a permanent queue to be created.
The temporary nature of a printer queue is not documented and neither
is the solution, setting UseCUPSGeneratedPPDs to "No".
Regards,
Brian.
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