[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#366674: Printer job names passed to CUPS are in some cases too long

[Arno van Amersfoort]

Package: cups
Version: 1.1.23-10sarge1

I use Samba in combination with CUPS to print (using printing = cups in 
Samba). The problem is that when (Windows) clients spool job, they also 
send the name of job, which normally is the filename of the original 
document (printed from). In the job history page (http page), CUPS uses 
the longest jobname to decide where (on the right site) the buttons 
should be put. If there is one job with a very longname, these buttons 
are put in an invisible part of the page on the right, and one has to 
scroll to the right (over and over again) to press the buttons.

I don't know whether this is either a bug in CUPS or a bug in Samba, but 
my guess is that it should be fixed in CUPS because CUPS can decide when 
a jobname is too long and if so cut(truncate) it to a correct length. 
(of not please correct me).


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