[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
On PostScript printers usually the manufacturer-supplied PPD file is the recommended one, but manufacturers do not add (recommended) to the file. So we can fix this only by modifying the gnome-cups-manager to select the manufacturer-supplied PPD in case that there is no (recommended) or we need to hack the cups-driverd (part of CUPS which lists the available PPDs) to add a (recommended) to the appropriate lines of its list output. -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
Which model do you have? Some HP LaserJets do not perform very well and I have marked HPIJS as recommended driver for them. Does gnome-cups-manager really obey the marking recommended for the default driver choice? ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
I don't understand the second question :) However there are a couple of HP laserjet 9000 here at our department, and I discovered that hpijs works better - if you have different information I can make some further test. -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
For the second question: Set up a printer with gnome-cups-manager. After having chosen the model, gnome-cups-manager offers to you the drivers which support your printer. Usually one is marked recommended. Is this one selected by default? -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
In my case, yes, and it's the first of the list. In all cases where I found more than one driver, the first one is the recommended one (and the others are alphabetically sorted) , it is selected and on the button it says Postscript (recommended) in english, and then on the right end of the button it says consigliato which is the italian translation of recommended. -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 85071] Re: hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers
FYI: yes g-c-m always selects the recommended driver by default. When none of the PPDs of a printer model has an indication (recommended) g-c-m selects no printer driver by default and just shows a blanc entry. So it is important to have a recommended driver for a printer model. -- hpijs should be the default driver for HP laserjet printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/85071 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
