Package: cupsys Version: 1.1.23-10 Followup-For: Bug #187011
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: LANG=no_NO, LC_CTYPE=no_NO (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages cupsys depends on: ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcupsimage2 1.1.23-10 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libcupsys2-gnutls10 1.1.23-10 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.1 GNU TLS library - runtime library ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact ii libslp1 1.0.11a-2 OpenSLP libraries ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl-modules 5.8.4-8 Core Perl modules ii xpdf-utils 3.00-13 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- debconf information: cupsys/raw-print: true cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, socket, usb Even if you may be able to circumvent this problem, it is a major usability issue. The printers 'FairFast' and 'FairColor' are set up in cups on a central server. The printers.conf file is: # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23 # Written by cupsd on Fri 05 Aug 2005 03:42:40 PM CEST <Printer FairColor> Info HP ColorLaserJet 4500N Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer01 State Idle Accepting No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <DefaultPrinter FairFast> Info HP Laserjet 8100DN Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer00 State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> The default printer on the server is, of course, 'FairFast'. But on each workstation (each with their own local cups server), default printer is 'FairColor' Situation is the same if you let the printers switch places: # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23 # Written by cupsd on Fri 05 Aug 2005 03:42:40 PM CEST <DefaultPrinter FairFast> Info HP Laserjet 8100DN Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer00 State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <Printer FairColor> Info HP ColorLaserJet 4500N Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer01 State Idle Accepting No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> A fix I found to this problem is to prepend the printer names with '0' and '1': # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23 # Written by cupsd on Fri 05 Aug 2005 03:42:40 PM CEST <DefaultPrinter 0FairFast> Info HP Laserjet 8100DN Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer00 State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> <Printer 1FairColor> Info HP ColorLaserJet 4500N Location Kopirom DeviceURI socket://printer01 State Idle Accepting No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> which makes '0FairFast' the default printer. Default printer for network clients is the first in an alphabetically sorted list! The cups system should export and use the default printer in a network automatically. This is the expected behaviour, and administrators should not have to look up in a bug database to find the fix. So please fix. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
