Re: Printing packaging rework 2020

[Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>]

On 31/01/2020 14:03, Brian Potkin wrote:
> That's perfectly correct. However, from my observations in user forums,
> driverless does not have the visibility amongst users one would like or
> expect.  One reason is that the GTK print dialog deals badly with IPP
> printers.
>
>    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1509
>
> A second reason is that a change in cups-browsed.conf is needed for a
> printer to show up in the GTK dialog and users are unaware of this. A
> consequence of both these infelicities is that users immediately seek a
> driver solution. OTOH, IPP printers are immediately enumerated in Qt
> apps and LibreOffice without cups-browsed.

Great to hear that 2 of 3 print dialogs (Qt and LibreOffice work but GTK 
not) work with current CUPS and without need of cups-browsed.

Which change in the cups-browsed.conf is needed to make the GTK dialog 
display the printers correctly?

I would change the defaults of cups-browsed appropriately.

   Till