Dell printer driver not shown in printer install

Bug #121060 reported by Thomas de Graaff
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foomatic-db (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

When trying to install a Dell 1110 printer no driver for this specific printer was shown. Generic or postscript didn't work. But when I searched the internet I found that the Samsung ML-1510 driver works perfectly. And it does. For information:

http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Dell-1110

I think this driver should show up as a Dell 1110 driver in the printer install so users can actually find the correct driver for their printer. I checked the site, and more Dell printers can use other drivers. I think these also should appear in the printer install as Dell drivers for these specific printers because they are the best drivers available. This could apply to other brands of printers too, I am not sure about that, but it would definitely improve the user friendliness.

Thanks for looking,
Thomas de Graaff.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Reassigning to foomatic-db.

Changed in cupsys:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

Added to foomatic-db upstream.

In addition, the curremt SpliX Package (2.0.0) also supports this printer explicitly.

Changed in foomatic-db (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package foomatic-db - 20090617-0ubuntu1

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foomatic-db (20090617-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Many new printer models added (Fixes: LP: #10871, LP: #83960,
      LP: #114681, LP: #121060, LP: #258058, LP: #273975, LP: #343444,
      LP: #371737).
    - More user-friendly UI strings for the "Print Quality" option in some
      Brother PPD files (LP: #141487).
    - Replaced broken PPD for the Kyocera FS-9100DN by the one for the
      FS-9120DN (LP: #344691).
    - Added "*cupsFilter:" lines to all PCL-XL PPD files from Ricoh and OEM
      so that they accept PDF as input format. This assures that always the
      most straightforward CUPS filter chain gets used and interferences
      between filters (like LP: #361772) get avoided.
    - Removed "Black and White" Color Mode (1 bit per pixel) from the
      "cdj550" driver. This mode is not supported by the driver (LP: #337133).
    - DesignJet driver assignement fixes, new "cdnj500" driver.
    - Correction of auto-detection strings.
    - Addition of CUPS custom option definitions to the PPDs from Ricoh
      family and OEM.
    - New "pxldpl" driver entry for the Dell 3010cn and Dell DPL printers
      in general.
  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - Driver entries removed for drivers which are not shipped by Ubuntu
    - Fixed manufacturer-supplied PPDs: "*CloseUI <option>" ->
      "*CloseUI: <option>", "*1284DeviceId" -> "*1284DeviceID".
    - openprinting-ppds-extra package with PPDs from Ricoh family and OEM
      and non-English PPDs from Kyocera
    - Linked PPD files with Foomatic database, so that links in the Foomatic
      XML files keep working.
    - Removed link into /usr/share/cups/model, it makes PPDs appearing
      twice.
    - debian/patches/bjc600-bjc800.patch: Removed workaround for Ghostscript
      crashing when feeding bjc600/bjc800 drivers with PDF. The Ghostscript
      shipped by Ubuntu is fixed.
    - foomatic-filters-ppds discontinued upstream, updated debian/control
      appropriately.
    - foomatic-db does not make sense without foomatic-db-engine and
      foomatic-filters, made the Recommends: a Depends:.

 -- Till Kamppeter <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:34:49 +0200

Changed in foomatic-db (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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