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Bug 728175 - Show more information about network printers
Show more information about network printers
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 693183
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Printers
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Marek Kašík
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-04-14 10:32 UTC by Milan Bouchet-Valat
Modified: 2014-11-10 11:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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Screenshot illustrating the issue (33.13 KB, image/png)
2014-04-14 10:32 UTC, Milan Bouchet-Valat 		Details

Description Milan Bouchet-Valat 2014-04-14 10:32:02 UTC 
I've been totally unable to add the printer next to my office to my laptop using the control center: all I have is a list of printer models, which are often duplicated, while what I need is the name/description of the printer. See attached screenshot.

I think the current UI only works for very small networks; and even there, if you have twice the same printer, which is not uncommon, you cannot tell which one is which until you have printed something.
Comment 1 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2014-04-14 10:32:39 UTC 
Created attachment 274252 [details]
Screenshot illustrating the issue
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2014-04-14 10:38:38 UTC 
I'm fairly certain this is already fixed in GNOME 3.12, at least partially. The location of printers is supposed to be shown underneath the name. I think that if there is no location information, we should probably show some other identifying information though, such as an IP address.
Comment 3 Marek Kašík 2014-04-14 10:45:38 UTC 
Hi Milan,

as Bastien wrote, this should be fixed in GNOME 3.12. You can find more info in the bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693183.

Regards

Marek
Comment 4 Marek Kašík 2014-11-10 11:06:00 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 693183 ***