Why CUPS adds "Auto" option in "InputTray"

[Michael Sweet]

anonymous wrote:
> Using CUPS 1.1.21rc1.
> 
> CUPS is adding an "Auto" option for "InputSlot".
> For PS PPD files, it looks like it does nothing (So use the printer default 
> input tray), for foomatic-PPD files, it is using the first input tray option 
> in the list. Verified while vi /tmp/foomatic-rip.ps. I were expecting CUPS 
> to either put nothing or put the defaultInputSlot there.
> 
> Is it a bug?

No, it is a feature.  Basically, not all PPD files define an
"auto-select" or "printer default" input slot option, so we add
one if we don't see one in the PPD file.  After a few hundred people
asked for this, we added the "auto" choice logic...

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