[Bug 54362] Re: Wrong printer model is preselected when adding a HPLIP printer

[Till Kamppeter]

The strange thing here is that the device IDs reported by "lpinfo -l -v"
are different for the "hp:/..." and the "usb:/..." URIs. This explains
why with the "usb:/..." URI the correct model gets chosen and with the
"hp:/..." URI not. The device ID for the "usb:/..." URI seems to match
the ID in the Foomatic database entry exactly. The only difference for
the manufacturer and model parts of the IDs is the lower-case "hp"
versus the upper-case "HP", so a case-insensitive matching would
probably already help here.

How well does the matching by the CUPS web interface work? Go to
http://localhost:631/ with a browser, then choose "Administration" and
then "Add printer". Follow the steps of the wizard. Once choose the USB
URI in the "Device" step and see whether CUPS chooses the right model in
the following step. Then choose the HP URI in the "Device" step and see
what CUPS chooses in the next step. If asked for user name and password
enter your user name and password.


** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Needs Info

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Wrong printer model is preselected when adding a HPLIP printer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54362