Test page is printed on available printer if the printer under test is unavailable

[Oleg Moiseichuk]

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.1 with GNOME Classic.
I've got one printer in my system, HP LaserJet 3052, which is connected as network printer. Obviously, it is set as default. Its URI is 'hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_3052?zc=NPIE50CCB' and its driver is 'HP LaserJet 3052 Postscript (recommended)'.
Later I added second printer using GNOME Printers applet. Second printer model is HP LaserJet 1220, it is connected via SAMBA with URI 'smb://XX.XX.XX.XX/HPLaserJ' and I used recommended driver for this printer.
When the setup was finished I sent test page to this printer and nothing happened. I switched from recommended driver to CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8 driver and sent another test page, but nothing happened again.
My default HP LaserJet 3052 pinter was turned off at this moment, but when I switched it on, both test pages were printed on this printer instead. They got Job ID, Driver Version and Description of HP LaserJet 1220, but both tests were sent from the spool to the default HP LaserJet 3052 printer, not to the printer they were intended for.

[Oleg Moiseichuk (berroll)]

Actually if printer not available then test page is printed on available printer. It seems to me that more consistent behavior is to send an error rather then redirect printing job to available printer.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Oleg,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with the system-config-printer package. You made this bug report in 2013 and Ubuntu and the system-config-printer package have been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1131072
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G
[Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager]

[Oleg Moiseichuk (berroll)]

In Ubuntu 14.04.5 this issue seems to be fixed. Now the test page is sent to the appropriate printer rather than to the default printer. So this bug can be closed.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for the update, Oleg. I will close the report now.
Have a great day!
:)
G

Closed per reporter’s feedback.