On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 10:58:46 +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote: > Package: cups > > on a Debian Edu setup that got upgraded from Debian 8 to Debian 10, I > noticed today that remote CUPS queue naming is completely unusable on > networks where different printer queues share the same driver (name). > > I propose the following change to Debian's default cups-browsed.conf: > > ``` > root@disklserver:/# diff -u /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf.orig > /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf > --- /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf.orig 2019-08-20 12:53:43.619548720 +0200 > +++ /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf 2019-08-20 12:53:48.687534966 +0200 > @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ > > # LocalQueueNamingRemoteCUPS DNS-SD > # LocalQueueNamingRemoteCUPS MakeModel > -# LocalQueueNamingRemoteCUPS RemoteName > +LocalQueueNamingRemoteCUPS RemoteName > # LocalQueueNamingIPPPrinter DNS-SD > # LocalQueueNamingIPPPrinter MakeModel > ``` > > With this change (it should hit Debian buster, finally, IMHO), the queue > naming style of remote CUPS queues gets changed back from > > DNS-SD style: <driver-name-with-underscores>_<host> > > to > > RemoteName style: <queue-as-named-on-remote-server> > > Please consider enforcing this configuration default on Debian system's. > Upstream's default is not really usable on big networks with many printers.
Thanks for your report, Mike. Please say what the LibreOffice print dialog shows you with * The default Debian installation. * The default Debian installation but cups-browsed is stopped. * LocalQueueNamingRemoteCUPS RemoteName is uncommented and cups-browsed is running. On unstable would be good. Cheers, Brian.