[cups.general] STR #1923 fix incomplete?

[Michael Sweet]

Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 12:09 -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> 
>> In this situation, just do your own IPP_GET_PRINTER_ATTRIBUTES
>> request to get the server-side defaults.  cupsGetDests() will
>> return a composite of the client-side defaults - suitable for
>> user applications but not for administrative apps.
> 
> Perhaps I should have said 'admin-set' defaults (i.e. the 'Option' lines
> in /etc/cups/printers.conf) rather than 'user-set'.
> 
> I am using GET_ATTRIBUTES, but I still can't find out if the default
> options have been set by the admin or if they are the CUPS defaults.

I don't see us providing a way to distinguish between compiled-in
defaults and admin-set defaults.  However, the following -default
attributes are always set and cannot be removed:

     copies-default
     document-format-default
     finishings-default
     job-hold-until-default
     job-priority-default
     job-sheets-default
     media-default
     notify-events-default
     notify-lease-duration-default
     number-up-default
     orientation-requested-default
     sides-default

These are the standard IPP job template attributes, required for
conformance...

> In other words, the admin tool I sent a screenshot of needs to be able
> to know which options to list in the box, each with a 'Remove' button.
> Obviously system defaults cannot be removed -- they are hardwired in the
> software.

All system defaults can be overridden, too.

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