REGRESSION: Do not cripple the "*Nickname:" entries of the PPDs
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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HPLIP |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
hplip (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In HPLIP 3.9.2 the *ShortNickname: and *Nickname: are heavily shortened, like "PhotoSmart" being replaced by "PS". In the comments in the source code one can read that this was done to fulfill the 32-character maximum for the *ShortNickname:.
Note that the specs only limit the length of the *ShortNickname: and not of the *Nickname:. So please do not shorten the *Nickname: as this one is used for human-readable interfaces, especially printer setup tools. The shortened model names are not only more difficult to read, but they also make the model names of the HPLIP PPDs differ from the model names of other PPDs (PostScript, pxlmono, ...) and so the same printer appears at different places (often far apart) in the model lists and so users can easily get mislead away from the best driver (which is HPIJS in most cases). Also automatic matching mechanisms get mislead and assign inferior old drivers.
Can you please leave the *Nickname: entries without shortening? I appreciate very much if you could send me a patch before Thursday, April 2 (deep freeze for Ubuntu Jaunty release).
Thanks in advance.
summary: |
- Do not cripple the "*Nickname:" entries of the PPDs + REGRESSION: Do not cripple the "*Nickname:" entries of the PPDs |
Changed in hplip: | |
assignee: | nobody → kalosaurusrex |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in hplip: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Sorry, Jaunty final freeze is April 9.