https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=344220 Summary: Printer status: stopped. Does not automatically retry talking to the printer after it becomes online. Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Usability AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: silviu_marin-caea@otpbank.ro QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- This is a copy & paste of a message I wrote to the CUPS bugs forum. It concerns usability. If your opinion differs, you might move the bug to printing. http://www.cups.org:80/newsgroups.php?gcups.bugs+v:6146 ==== This is a case where a small bad design decision destroys all the good that CUPS does. The situation couldn't be more ordinary: a USB printer (HP F4180). If this printer is turned off when the computer is on, it will enter the stopped/paused state and remain so forever. To the average user this means exactly: LINUX PRINTING DOES NOT WORK. It's as simple and clear as that. To get it to print again, the user should give the cupsenable command or use the web interface. Do you expect mom and pop to know about "cupsenable" and "http://localhost:631"? Really. Guys, you brought linux printing forward from the middle ages. Don't leave it in the 1980s, please, we need it in the present. Whatever might be the reason cups doesn't retry printing, is it worth sacrificing usability so brutally? openSUSE 10.3, cups-1.2.12 Thank you -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.