Thanks for that. Your explanation conforms with my experiences. Regards, Pete
On 30/06/14 18:08, Till Kamppeter wrote: > Note that cups-browsed never "corrects" any print queues which it did > not create by itself. It removes all print queues which it created > (except for a queue which is set to be the default printer) on shut down > or when the printer or server is shut down or disappears for any other > reason. With this all manual changes on these print queues get lost. On > boot or when the server/printer reappears cups-browsed creates a new > print queue. > > Queues stay conserved and keep your changes probably because you have > set them as default printer or you have created a new print queue (and > not modified one which was originally created by cups-browsed). > > Print queues created by cups-browsed are marked as such in > /etc/cups/printers.conf. They contain the entry "Option cups-browsed > true". Note that CUPS does not update printers.conf immediately and can > write to it at any time and also cups-browsed does not re-check whether > the "Option cups-browsed true" is still there when removing the queue on > shutdown. So do not edit printers.conf when at least one of cupsd and > cups-browsed is running. > > To get a working queue for your printer, ignore the one created by cups- > browsed (it will disappear with the next version of cups-filters) and > create a new one using the "New printer" button in system-config- > printer. This queue will stay conserved through reboot and keep your > settings. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335211 Title: Config details of networked printer aren't saved To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/+bug/1335211/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
