Just timed my network scan, it takes 8 minutes, Simon wins. On a slightly more seriously we have print servers, our format is "lpd://<server>/<queue name>", if you redesign the interface you are going to have to walk people though the various stages, I have no idea what other types of printer configuration you can have.
A short term fix would be to simply have an "add it manually" and "scan the network" button. I'm guessing that anybody on a large network will have a sysadmin team that will be able to provided the device uri. The next stage would be to design a set of interfaces prompting for manual configuration options. I would agree that this is slightly higher than low priority, configuring printers is a very basic need, and I'm guessing that a lot of people probably are on large networks, think university students... On 22/01/2008, Simon Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say that a cancel button is added then were is still one more > point: Let's that I want to add a network printer and I know its make > and model and its IP address or DNS name. Now, if the user does not want > to use the search function (because it does take 15 minutes for a large > network) he should be given the option to enter this information > manually. Even with a cancel butten, the user would have to type into > the URI line something like "socket://myprinter.mycompany.com:9100". At > least a hint for the correct format of this URI would be needed, or > better, a dialog that asks for IP address or DNS name and a port > (defaulting to 9100, or whatever the most common one is). > > -- > 'New Printer' = hang over network > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165197 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- 'New Printer' = hang over network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165197 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
