Loic Minier wrote: > On dim, oct 16, 2005, Mourad De Clerck wrote: >>My /etc/cups/printers.conf is empty, but I was very happy to see the printer >>connected to an Apple appear automagically in the list of available printers. >> >>However I'm unable to set it the papersize to A3 or A4, and printing a test >>page prints it in US Letter format. >> >>The "Paper" tab shows the different options "Paper size", "Paper type" and so >>on but the combo box next to it is grayed out and empty. > > Which printer do you use and what PPD files did you install on your > system? If in doubt, attach /etc/cups/ppd/<your printer>.ppd.
The printer is a Epson Stylus 1290 connected via USB to the MacOSX (panther) machine. I hadn't copied the corresponding PPD as I assumed that as it would auto-detect the existence of the remote printer, it would also use the PPD info from there. > Do you reproduce this with the CUPS administration page at > <http://127.0.0.1:631/>? (Use Manage printers, then Configure > printers.) There it is slightly different: "Configure printer" tries to redirect me to http://powerbook.local:631/admin/... , and on that address it gives me a "403 Forbidden" - I guess I have to look into the cups configuration on OSX. Now, copying the PPD from /etc/cups/ppd in macosx to my linux machine solves it partially (I can choose the paper size at least, now - but no other options like resolution etc). So why I still think this is a bug: * If it is trying, but can't access the other machine's printer settings for some reason ("Forbidden"), it should maybe mention something about it in the UI. * If a printer is automatically detected, I don't think it's right to expect users to copy PPDs over manually. beats the point of automatic detection a bit, don't you think? Maybe this needs to be reassigned to cups proper, I'm not sure. -- Mourad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
