Printer status: stopped. This is murder.

[Miller]

> This is a case where a small bad design decision destroys all the good that CUPS does.
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> The situation couldn't be more ordinary: a USB printer (HP F4180).
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> If this printer is turned off when the computer is on, it will enter the stopped/paused state and remain so forever.
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> To the average user this means exactly: LINUX PRINTING DOES NOT WORK.  It's as simple and clear as that.
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> To get it to print again, the user should give the cupsenable command or use the web interface.  Do you expect mom and pop to know about "cupsenable" and "http://localhost:631"?  Really.
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> Guys, you brought linux printing forward from the middle ages.  Don't leave it in the 1980s, please, we need it in the present.
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> Whatever might be the reason cups doesn't retry printing, is it worth sacrificing usability so brutally?
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> openSUSE 10.3, cups-1.2.12
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> Thank you

I spent hours trying to resolve/workaround this issue before finding this post.
Thanks Silviu.