Printer IDs in Fedora 13: your help is neeeded!

Roger arelem at bigpond.com
Thu Apr 8 00:14:14 UTC 2010


On 04/07/2010 08:18 AM, Gianluca Sforna wrote:
> Hi all,
> as you probably know, Fedora 13 has a new automatic printer driver
> installation feature[1], but for the automatic printer driver
> installation to work properly we need your Device IDs! Many IDs are
> missing for current printers, and some existing IDs are incorrect.
>
> Everyone can help fix this by following the instructions in the test
> day page.[2] You don't need a Rawhide installation to provide useful
> feedback, just a nightly live image[3] will do. Alternatively, you can
> also determine missing IDs with your own installation of Fedora 11 and
> 12 by following the steps outlined in Tim Waugh's blog[4].
>
> Thanks in advance for contributing
>
> Gianluca
>
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/AutomaticPrintDriverInstallation
> [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-03-25_Printing
> [3] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/
> [4] http://cyberelk.net/tim/2010/04/01/printer-device-ids-wanted/
>
>    
I run Fedora 11, have Fuji Xerox C2100 color laser and running sudo 
python check-device-ids.py as directed [2] and [4] produces no output.
Roger


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