[cups.development] [RFE] STR #2256: Replace "Make and Model" with "Printer Driver"

[angelb]

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When creating or changing a printer queue, I noticed that selecting HP
for "Make:", sets the printer's "Make and Model:" seen from the gui
as "HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5 CUPS v1.2". If selecting Postscript
for "Make:", the printer's "Make and Model:" is set to "Generic
Postscript printer".

While the above does not pose any operational problems in CUPS, it
does temporarily cause a person to double-take and say..."wait a sec,
my printer is RICOH and it's Aficio 3035 but it's showing me an HP
LaserJet".

IMHO, the gui information should be changed from "Make and Model:" to
something like "Printer Driver:". The new field name correlates better
with Model/Driver selected when adding or changing a printer. Leave
the user enter the proper Make and Model in the Description field.

So, instead of the following:

Description: Ricoh Aficio 3035
Location: My Basement
Make and Model: HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5 CUPS v1.2
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: socket://192.168.1.100


Have this instead: (replaced Make and Model to Printer Driver)

Description: Ricoh Aficio 3035
Location: My Basement
Printer Driver: HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5 CUPS v1.2
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: socket://192.168.1.100

Thanks,
Angel

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