Public bug reported:
In Ubuntu 18.04, the list of printers show in the control center seems
to include everything which is visible by Bonjour or some other
discovery service on the local network; there is no visual distinction
made between "installed" printers and available ones (this is also true
of print dialogs, but that's another issue).
For networks with many shared printers (many of which seem to be the
result of Apple sharing attached printers by default; see screenshot),
this results in an overwhelming flood of listed printers, which, worse,
is constantly shifting and jumping around as network state changes. This
makes it difficult to find previously installed printers in the list.
My suggestion would be to make a distinction in the UI between installed
and available printers (and perhaps also to have a listing that uses
less vertical space per discovered printer).
Really,system-config-printer CUPS window which is brought up by the
"Additional Printer Settings" button at the bottom is far more
functional, and in fact was the *only* way that I was able to add a new
printer via address alone.
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04
gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Candidate: 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Version table:
*** 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:3.28.1-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-54.58-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-54-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jul 26 13:52:06 2019
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-17 (221 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2019-07-26 13-55-11.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838081/+attachment/5279488/+files/Screenshot%20from%202019-07-26%2013-55-11.png
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838081
Title:
Local printers crowd out installed printers in list
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In Ubuntu 18.04, the list of printers show in the control center seems
to include everything which is visible by Bonjour or some other
discovery service on the local network; there is no visual distinction
made between "installed" printers and available ones (this is also
true of print dialogs, but that's another issue).
For networks with many shared printers (many of which seem to be the
result of Apple sharing attached printers by default; see screenshot),
this results in an overwhelming flood of listed printers, which,
worse, is constantly shifting and jumping around as network state
changes. This makes it difficult to find previously installed printers
in the list.
My suggestion would be to make a distinction in the UI between
installed and available printers (and perhaps also to have a listing
that uses less vertical space per discovered printer).
Really,system-config-printer CUPS window which is brought up by the
"Additional Printer Settings" button at the bottom is far more
functional, and in fact was the *only* way that I was able to add a
new printer via address alone.
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04
gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Candidate: 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Version table:
*** 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:3.28.1-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-54.58-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-54-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jul 26 13:52:06 2019
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-17 (221 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20180725)
ProcEnviron:
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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