On Thu 13 Dec 2018 at 20:04:31 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote: [...]
> To solve all the problems with the print dialogs I have started the Common > Print Dialog Backends project in 2017. If Debian adopts it we will at some > time really be able to work without cups-browsed. > > See > > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-libs > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-backend-cups > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-backend-gcp > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cpdb-backend-file > > and > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911335 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911340 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911342 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911345 > > These will centralize the communication with the print systems so that the > print dialogs do not need to do this and do not need to be adapted to every > change in print technology. A CPD certainly looks like a good way forward. Meanwhile, I'll record what I observe as the present situation with print dialogs using GTK3 (libgtk-3-0), Qt (libqt5printsupport5 ) and LibreOffice. Firefox 102.1.0esr ------------------ 1. Opening "Print using the system dialog..." sees the network printers enumerated. 2. Selecting an entry leads to the formation of a temporary queue and the appearance of printer attributes in the dialog. 3. While the dialog is open, the temporary queue is restablished every minute, as shown by 'lpstat -a'. 4. After printing, the temporary queue takes about a minute to disappear. 5. Verdict: 10/10. Okular 4:22.04.3-1 ------------------ 1. Opening the print dialog sees the network printers enumerated. 2. Selecting an entry does not lead to the formation of a temporary queue. 3. Printer attributes do not appear in the dialog. Under Options/Options Duplex-capableprinters are not recorded as such and Print Quality is absent from Properties/Advanced (the tab is greyed out). 4. Print and the printer attributes become available via the formation of a temporary queue. But re-open the dialog within a minute to gain access to the queue! 5. Verdict: 1/10. Libreoffice 1:7.4.0~rc3-1 ------------------------- 1. Opening the print dialog sees the network printers enumerated. 2. Selecting an entry does not lead to the formation of a temporary queue. 3. Printer attributes do not appear in the dialog. Page sizes bear little relationship to reality, there is a pretend option for printing in duplex and Print Qualty is nowhere to be seen. 4. Print and the printer attributes become available via the formation of a temporary queue that lasts a minute. But a twist on Qt! Attributs are kept in memory and only disappear when Libreoffice is closed. 5. Verdict: 3/10 (for ingenuity). That's on Debian. Maybe things are different elsewhere. Cheers, Brian.
