Re: [Printing-user-general] Why has nothing changed?

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] ()
writes:

> I'm using Debian Etch, updated from a Debian mirror 4 days ago.
> My printer is fully supported (Samsung 1510) - I know that because a 
> *previous* version of CUPS worked. Moreover, I can generate a .gdi file 
> with Ghostscript and cat it to the printer, when it prints perfectly.

Can you please give the version details about ghostscript, cupsys and
foomatic-* packages on your system? (Sorry, have not yet succeeded to memorize
this info, esp. since I do not use Debian Etch.)

> So all the pieces are in
> place, CUPS just isn't bringing them together.

This conclusion is wrong, even considering your own words.

Tell me, how CUPS itself could be responsible to retain its workable condition
if you update/upgrade your Etch system (and along that which exact packages
were updated? You don't give *any* hint...)? Tell me how CUPS itself should be
responsible to "bring together" the various parts of a distro's printing
systems?

You are right with one point: there *are* various parts to printing, and CUPS
even is the central part: CUPS, Ghostscript, external drivers+filters, network,
 kernel, various configurations... But the integration of these parts is first
and foremost the job of your *distro*. This is especially true if the distro
does things to the software that are *not* the default setup recommended by the
software's own developers!

So please consider to go and file a bug report with Debian first, before asking
for a fork of CUPS [yes, I just read in the archives that you want to start a 
discussion about a CUPS fork :-) ].

> I would venture to say that making unwarranted assumptions the basis of 
> your post - as you have done - results in a message which adds nothing 
> useful to the discussion. 

Oh, please!

Let's try to make your own messages more useful. Useful to yourself I mean.
*You* want *your* printer to work, so please provide some useful info about
your problem if you want to get help.

Cheers,
Kurt