Bug 106951

Summary: kprinter doesn't handle wildcard entries in printcap for LPRng
Product: [Applications] kdeprint Reporter: Ulrich Hermisson <ulrich_hermisson>
Component: generalAssignee: KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist <kde-print-devel>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist CC: jlayt
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian stable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Ulrich Hermisson 2005-06-07 12:26:47 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages
OS:                Linux

The LPRng printing system allows wildcard entries in the printcap file like

*:client:lp=%P@printhost

Such an entry shows up as "*", which doesn't work. It would be nice if in this case:

- a printer specified by the environment variable PRINTER appears in the list as the preselected printer

- selecting "*" would allow one to specify a printer name, maybe also select one from a list which is generated by "lpstat -a"

With kind regards
Ulrich Hermisson
Comment 1 Cristian Tibirna 2005-08-22 21:53:24 UTC
UNCONFIRMED (batch reassigning messed this)
Comment 2 John Layt 2011-05-27 18:01:17 UTC
KDEPrint is obsolete, unmaintained and will never be revived.  Closing all open bugs.