Christian, first, it seems that you did "cupstestppd" on a PPD file
which is not auto-generated:
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$ sudo cupstestppd /etc/cups/ppd/Kyocera-ECOSYS-P6026cdn.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/Kyocera-ECOSYS-P6026cdn.ppd: FAIL
**FAIL** Missing choice *Option18 SDCard in UIConstraints "*KCCollate
CustomBox *Option18 SDCard".
**FAIL** Missing choice *Option18 SDCard in UIConstraints "*Option18
SDCard *KCCollate CustomBox".
WARN Datei einthält gemischt CR, LF, und CR LF Zeilenmenden.
WARN Size "A5" should be "149x210mm".
WARN Size "A6" should be "105x149mm".
WARN Size "B6" should be "128x182mm".
WARN Size "OficioII" should be the Adobe standard name
"FanFoldGermanLegal".
WARN Size "P16K" should be "7,75x10,75".
WARN Size "OficioMX" should be the Adobe standard name "Oficio".
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This seems to be from a manufacturer-supplied PPD file. The auto-
generated ones do not have "UIConstraints" lines. They also do not
contain mixed line ends.
Also sorry for giving you a wrong "ipptool" command line. Please run the
command line
ipptool -tv ipp://KM15881D.local:631/ipp/print get-printer-
attributes.test > ~/attrs.txt
The file get-printer-attributes-2.0.test only came with a later CUPS
version.
Please attach the attrs.txt file.
*.O files are generated by CUPS, to put the original version of a PPD
file when they change or replace it. Only the files without ".O" are
relevant for their print queue.
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Title:
"driverless" printer workflow has bad usability/ is partly broken
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Hi,
since Ubuntu uses IPP ("driverless") printing, I have a bad time using
printers. I don't know exactly which package this bug belongs to, I think it is
gnome-control-center.
I have a Kyocera EcosysP6026cdn network printer, which provides a PPD
file by the manufacturer. (But I tested this behaviour as well with
other printers from eg. Brother, etc., and on Debian and Arch linux
too). When I switch on the printer, after a few seconds, it is found
in Ubuntu and installed automatically as "Kyocera_ECOSYS_P6026cdn". So
far, so good.
1) I can't remove this printer. If I WANT to install it using another
protocol (dnss etc), it adds another printer, and I have 2 Printers.
So it should be easy to switch off "driverless" printing.
2) Using it as "Default printer" does not work. Clicking the cog
wheel, and using the menu item "Use printer by default" is clickable,
but it does not save any setting: "printers-cc-panel-WARNING **:
20:45:36.812: cups-pk-helper: setting default printer to
Kyocera_ECOSYS_P6026cdn failed: client-error-not-found"
3) "Printing Options" opens an empty dialog, see screenshot attached.
This dialog is useless.
4) The "Printer Detail" dialog shows a "null" address and links to
"(null):631", which is a 404.
I think this "driverless" printing is still in a very "unstable" state. It
helps discovering printers in new Networks where I attach too with my laptop,
and I can print there basically, But most of the day I use my own printer in my
office or at home, and I want to have my special settings for exact this
printer with color profile, duplex settings etc.
And this all is not possible with driverless printing.
So, if you don't "fix" all the not-working options in the UI, please
at least give us an option to easily switch off driverless printing at
all. I really prefer the "old school" way of installing printers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 29 19:34:39 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-27 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20180725)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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