https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744303
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744303#c4
Michael Meeks changed:
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--- Comment #4 from Michael Meeks 2012-02-01 11:29:47 UTC ---
I read the CD - it has a Linux package on it, installing it adds three gzipped
ppd files:
$ rpm -lq Xerox-Phaser-6280-1.0-1.noarch
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6280DN.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6280DT.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6280N.ppd.gz
But no documentation of IPP urls.
The 162 page manual in PDF has three mentions of IPP - *none* of them
containing this URL. Luckily it is a searchable PDF.
So - in conclusion - this 'feature' whereby you ask the user to enter a string
that they have no way of knowing what it is, and for which there is no
documentation at all is:
* utterly unusable unless you are a printer 'expert'
* un-necessary: it surely -must- be possible to auto-detect, guess, or provide
a better UI to allow selection of common or standardized settings for this
stuff - surely ? I simply refuse to believe that if it is -so- critical that
manufacturers would leave this information out.
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