GTK Applications don't show custom cups printer instances

seiichiro0185 · 2011-01-22 15:18:31

I have recently added some custom printer instances to make "shortcuts" for often used printer settings. Everything is working fine from comandline or from LibreOffice. lpstat -p shows all Printers and Instances:

printer CLP-315 is idle.  enabled since Sat Jan 22 16:01:35 2011
printer CLP-315/Duplex is idle.  enabled since Sat Jan 22 16:01:35 2011
printer CLP-315/DuplexMono is idle.  enabled since Sat Jan 22 16:01:35 2011
printer CLP-315/Mono is idle.  enabled since Sat Jan 22 16:01:35 2011
printer ML-1640 is idle.  enabled since Thu Dec 30 13:25:47 2010
printer PDF is idle.  enabled since Tue Jan 18 17:54:09 2011

Now here is the Problem: all applications that use the GTK printer dialog (e.g. epdfview, gimp, firefox) only show the "real" printers (in my case CLP-315, ML1640 and PDF), but not the instances. Does anyone know how to geht the instances to show up in the gtk printer dialog? I would appreciate any hints or pinters.

seiichiro0185 · 2011-01-27 12:59:59

*bump*
is nobody using instances with GTK-Programs and has an idea how to make this work?

parintachin · 2011-01-31 10:29:20

if i remeber correct gtk and kde aps changed the way they print ,they don't use lp and the like behind the scenes but rather some backend-like thing and that is the problem because printer instances can only be seen y apps using lp for printing .
i find it very annoying myself but i don't know any solution for this

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#1 2011-01-22 15:18:31

GTK Applications don't show custom cups printer instances

#2 2011-01-27 12:59:59

Re: GTK Applications don't show custom cups printer instances

#3 2011-01-31 10:29:20

Re: GTK Applications don't show custom cups printer instances

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