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Bug 156432 - GUI chooses printer name poorly
GUI chooses printer name poorly
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-cups-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-cups-manager
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-10-25 22:21 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2009-02-26 23:11 UTC
See Also:
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Description Sebastien Bacher 2004-10-25 22:21:46 UTC 
This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/2667

"The GUI created a printer name based on the printer driver rather than the
spool name. Windows for example, names the printer after the spool and appends
server information, e.g. 'lp on http://printserver:port' from
http://printserver:port/printers/lp. In a network with many printers using the
same driver, having the printers all be variations on the driver name is
problematic."
Comment 1 Malte 2005-11-08 17:49:33 UTC 
This bug report can be extended: There is no way to rename a printer, neither in
the primary gnome-cups-manager window, nor in the printer properties dialog.
Comment 2 Andrew Jorgensen 2006-01-19 04:17:27 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> This bug report can be extended: There is no way to rename a printer, neither in
> the primary gnome-cups-manager window, nor in the printer properties dialog.

This is something I'd really like to see as well.  I'm fine with choosing a name based on the driver name, but it would really help if it were trivial to rename the printer.
Comment 3 Lionel Dricot 2006-03-30 09:16:19 UTC 
The "no-way-to-rename-a-printer" bug is the following :
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158362

This is a different issue, though
Comment 4 Kjartan Maraas 2008-01-29 13:09:49 UTC 
Moving all gnome-cups-manager bugs to new product. Filter on Kjartan's spring cleaning.
Comment 5 Lionel Dricot 2009-02-26 23:11:19 UTC 
This bug has been fixed for me for a long time and didn't had any activity for more than a year. I'm closing it as "fixed". Feel free to reopen it if needed.