Replace gnome-cups-manager by system-config-printer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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system-config-printer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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High
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Unassigned | ||
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Sur5 |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-cups-manager
When the user chooses "System"
Upstream maintainer of system-
system-
Here some important features (which are improvements against gnome-cups-
- Auto-setup of print queues when plugging a printer (together with hal-cups-utils), fixes https:/
- If the tool is run by a user in the lpadmin group printer option settings are saved system-wide (in /etc/cups/
- If the add-printer wizard detects a printer and it is supported by HPLIP, only the entries for HPLIP-enabled setup appear in the list of auto-detected printers.
- HPLIP support is also checked for manually entered network printers.
- Improved auto-selection of PPDs. PostScript printers get assigned the manufacturer supplied PostScript PPDs now (gnome-cups-manager did not always default to the right PPD).
Also important is that with system-
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Martin Pitt (pitti) → Sur5 (sleightflow) |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
gnome-cups-manager should be completely removed from Ubuntu as it is not maintained upstream any more (or at least degraded to Universe). system- config- printer should be added to the appropriate seeds to get onto the CDs.