[cups.general] Default page size in shared printers [solved]
Michael R Sweet
msweet at apple.com
Sat Jun 14 07:38:55 PDT 2008
Fabio wrote:
> I solved the problem, nevertheless the solution is somewhat strange: the
> problem was in the name of the shared printer. I called it "epson" and
> this, somehow, conflicts with something.
> Changing the name to anything else has the effect that in the client side
> the default paper size is restored to the correct value (A4). Even the
> name "Epson" works.
>
> Is there a reason behind this, or is it a bug in cups?
I'd guess there is something in Ubuntu that is caching an old PPD or
option and is using a case-sensitive lookup (CUPS printer names are
case-insensitive...)
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Michael R Sweet Senior Printing System Engineer
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