Bug#910882: cups-browsed: The default for UseCUPSGeneratePPDs should be "Yes"
On Fri 12 Oct 2018 at 17:56:40 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> Package: cups-browsed
> Version: 1.21.3-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
>
>
> The CreateIPPPrinterQueues works very nicely with remote print queues.
That's nonsense, of course. CreateIPPPrinterQueues is not for CUPS
queues. What I meant to say was that forming a permanent queue for
a remote, shared queue worked well.
> 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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