Michal Suchanek (https://launchpad.net/people/hramrach) wrote:
> When gnome-cups-manager autodetects a > printer it only shows the printer name, not the > connection type/backen used. > This information may be necessary to set up > the printer properly. > ie. HP DeskJet printers are shown twice, once > with usb/lpt backend and once with hp > backend. The printer only works properly with > hplip if the hp backend is used. > When a printer connected to a special backend > is detected, the window with the list of printers > should display information on that backend. > ie when a printer using the hp backend is > detected the window should show a notice that > this backend should be used rather than the > usb/lpt backends because it works with hplip Michal, I can agree with you that there should be an indication in detected printers names for special backends to differentiate between several entries, e.g.: DESKJET 3820 DESKJET_3820 (hplip) But I don't think it is necessary to have extra information about the backends. CUPS webinterface doesn't provide any extra information either for backends when setting up a printer. I believe it would be sufficient if gnome-cups-manager just puts the detected printer with hp backend at the top of the list of detected printers and selects this by default (as described before). Regards, Pascal ** Bug 54257 has been marked a duplicate of this bug ** Bug 54256 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- Duplicate printers listed when adding HP printer https://launchpad.net/bugs/32302 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
