Bug 420922

Summary: LPR printer setup with YasST2
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0 Reporter: Forgotten User dr8e_4-OWI <forgotten_dr8e_4-OWI>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Major    
Priority: P5 - None CC: forgotten_dr8e_4-OWI
Version: Final   
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Hardware: i586   
OS: openSUSE 11.0   
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Description Forgotten User dr8e_4-OWI 2008-08-28 04:34:51 UTC 
With a Lantronics EPS2-100 the initial setup requires manual setting of the remote IP and the remote queue name. The search function has never worked, and takes 5 minutes to find absolutely nothing - so manual input is required!

I have to get the print server in a browser and then copy it's settings over manually to get them accurate.  Then I can do the test to see if it has made a connection and is active. This test is NEVER available after that point.

On 10.0 through 10.3 (except for very recent updates) allowed me to run that test without disturbing the queue setup, and was often REQUIRED to get it to work again after a windows system printer to that printer and screwed up the Lantronics.

Now, I have to totally wipe out the queue and completely re-install it.
Also, the Use Local Filtering option is ONLY available on the initial setup
It should be at least flagged as local or no filtering.
If it gets missed, it's, again, wipe the queue and re-install.

Put the test and option check back in so I don't have to wipe the queue!
What was never an easy task is now completely EXASPERATING!
Comment 1 Forgotten User dr8e_4-OWI 2008-10-20 20:32:51 UTC 
The requested changes here are to revert some things back to what was available back in 10.x until a late update (about the release time of 11.0) in 10.3.

I've even tried using samba to share the printer, and it still corrupts things with some Windows print files.  And then instead of just being able to recover by testing the connection to the Lantronics, I have to deleted the printer and rebuild it.

Why is putting the connection test back in so difficult?  The process is there during set and just needs a place to call it up from the completed setup without deletion and re-setup.
Comment 2 Michal Zugec 2008-11-21 16:48:32 UTC 
lpr/lpd setup is fixed in yast2-printer-2.17.45 (lookup, access test)