Bug 598291

Can you show me what does (when the printer is on)
su -c "lpinfo -l -v"

Per request (although it does not look useful):
$ sudo lpinfo -l -v
Device: uri = https
        class = network
        info = Internet Printing Protocol (https)
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = ipp
        class = network
        info = Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = scsi
        class = direct
        info = SCSI Printer
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = http
        class = network
        info = Internet Printing Protocol (http)
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = lpd
        class = network
        info = LPD/LPR Host or Printer
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = socket
        class = network
        info = AppSocket/HP JetDirect
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
        class = serial
        info = Serial Port #1
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 
Device: uri = smb
        class = network
        info = Windows Printer via SAMBA
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = 
        location = 

This printer works well from Windows XP, and used to work properly from Fedora 12.

Created attachment 421386 [details]
Scan of the as-printed CUPS test page

Scan (using the scanner portion of this multifunction printer) of the as-printed CUPS test page, showing the 50% horizontal compression from this Epson CX4450 printer.  In Fedora 12, this printer was correctly using the CX4400 ppd from the gutenprint-cpus package

(In reply to comment #4)
> In Fedora 12, this printer was correctly using the
> CX4400 ppd from the gutenprint-cpus package    

You can change the driver manually:
System->Administration->Printing, right-click on your printer, Properties, press 'Change...' to change Make and Model, Select printer from database, select Epson from list of Makes, Forward, select driver for "Epson Stylus CX4400 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.5".

The problem here is that this particular model does not have an entry
in the gutenprint-cups database saying which driver might work.
So you end up with general driver after "auto-configuration".

That's why I was trying to obtain the identification string from the printer
with 'lpinfo', hoping to see something like
Device: uri = smb
        class = network
        info = Windows Printer via SAMBA
        make-and-model = Unknown
        device-id = MFG:EPSON;MDL:Stylus CX4450;DES:EPSON Stylus CX4450;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4;

For some reason, gutenprint-cups was not installed, and the correct ppd was not available to select.  There are only 4 Epson printers available to select from in the default printer setup, which is obviously not correct.  When I installed the gutenprint-cups package, I could then select the CX4400 printer, which is close enough to the CX4450 that the ppd works.  Problem solved.

P.S: Gutenprint-cups was supposed to be merged 2 Fedora releases ago, and I do not know what went wrong there.  This should be installed by default, as it is the only package with a proper set of printers.  Perhaps someone will finish this effort...

John, see comment #5.  Normally gutenprint-cups is automatically installed when plugging in a printer that can be driven using it, or when setting up a network queue for such a printer, but in this case system-config-printer was not able to accurately determine the make and model of the printer.

This is because it is being exposed via Windows share, and system-config-printer doesn't yet know how to query make and model for that type of network printer.

Re-opening and giving the bug a better subject.

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I no longer have a Windows machine that I can provide information about.  Can someone else please provide the required information?

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

I don't plan to implement new features into system-config-printer - in case there is a volunteer who would like to implement the functionality, I can give him collaborator's rights at https://github.com/OpenPrinting/system-config-printer/ .