Bug#373722: [Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#373722: web interface doesn't show list of available cupsys-driver-gutenprint drivers when adding a new printer

[Roger Leigh]

Martin Steigerwald <Martin at lichtvoll.de> writes:

> Am Freitag 16 Juni 2006 16:16 schrieben Sie:
>
>> > 6) Device: Parallel Port #1 (EPSON)
>>
>> There should also be an LPT#1 option (or similar).  Could you try that
>> instead?  This generic parallel backend is preferable to the epson
>> backend.
>
> Hello Roger,
>
> I finally tested your suggestion. It does work when I choose the LTP#1 
> backend! It still odes not work when I chose Parallel Port #1 (EPSON).
>
> Tell me when you need any further information. Otherwise that bug remains 
> closed for good.
>
> But why there is Parallel Port #1 (EPSON) at all when it doesn't
> work? It confuses the average user.

It /should/ work.  There is a special "epson" backend
(/usr/lib/cups/backend/epson) provided by the cupsys-driver-gutenprint
package.

If you are wondering why it's part of the cupsys-driver-gutenprint
package, I'm not entirely sure myself, and neither are upstream.  The
main point of it is that is allows additional stuff the plain parallel
backend does not, such as ink level monitoring and head cleaning,
etc..  Quite why this means we provide it rather than cupsys, I don't
know.

It might also be a bug that will be fixed in 1.2.2, which should be
out any day now.  I did see at least one issue related to printer
selection which has been fixed.

I'll take a look at it, and see if it works with my C60.  Please could
you file a new bug against cupsys-driver-gutenprint for this issue?
It would help if you could set LogLevel to debug in cupsd.conf and
send the log of what happens.


Thanks,
Roger

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