On Fri 12 Oct 2018 at 17:56:40 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > Package: cups-browsed > Version: 1.21.3-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > > The CreateIPPPrinterQueues works very nicely with remote print queues.
That's nonsense, of course. CreateIPPPrinterQueues is not for CUPS queues. What I meant to say was that forming a permanent queue for a remote, shared queue worked well. > A permanent local queue is created which can be printed to using lp or > the GTK, Qt and Libreoffice dialogs. > > When dealing with a remote IPP printer the situation is different, as > described in #905850 and #908604: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905850 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908604 > > Unlike a print queue, the queue for an IPP printer is temporary and > disappears within a minute from the 'lpstat -a' output and from a GTK > dialog (but not from Qt and Libreoffice dialogs). Very confusing for > a user, I would have thought. CreateIPPPrinterQueues is not sufficient > for a permanent queue to be created. > > The temporary nature of a printer queue is not documented and neither > is the solution, setting UseCUPSGeneratedPPDs to "No". > > Regards, > > Brian.