[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#312290: marked as done (cups does not has dependency to ijsgimpprint, Epson printers does not print)

[Roger Leigh]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:03:23AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> 
> > After upgrading to cups my Epson CX1500 because it does require
> > ijsgimpprint and it is not included
> 
> cupsys must be kept as simple, base infrastructure.
> Adding unnecessary dependency for some users creates another claim.

> I added ijsgimpprint to Suggests: of cupsys for next upload, but if
> you want more smart way, you may reopen and reassign this bug to
> appropriate PPD deb package.

I'm not sure this Suggests is appropriate: ijsgimpprint can't work
with cups without foomatic to provide the needed PPDs (from
foomatic-db-gutenprint, which IIRC need generating).  Also,
ijsgimpprint no longer exists; the correct package (and IJS server
name) is ijsgutenprint.

Even if the foomatic stuff is installed, the native CUPS driver is
surely the best choice (cupsys-driver-gutenprint), so I would be
reluctant to suggest a more complex alternative because of that:
the average user should only require the best supported, simplest
and most robust, and most well tested driver configuration.

IMHO ijsgutenprint is only useful for non-CUPS spoolers which must
work with ghostscript-centric filters.


Regards,
Roger

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