Bug#353643: Bug#352220: firefox: Multiple printing problems

[John Goerzen]

Mike Hommey wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> Could you check whether the issues below still apply to either iceweasel
> 3.0.6 in Lenny or 3.5.x in squeeze ?

It looks like all of this is better in 3.5.x, so you could close the bug.

-- John

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:21:53AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
>> Package: firefox
>> Version: 1.5.dfsg-4
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> There are several problems with printing in Firefox:
>>
>> 1. There is no way to make the default printer "stick" between sessions.
>>
>> 2. Each printer is listed twice.  Once with "@:64" after the name, and
>> once as CUPS/name.  It's completely undocumented in the help system what
>> the difference between these is.  There are also xp_ps_spooldir and
>> xp_pdf_spooldir, which also are completely undocumented.
>>
>> 3. None of the CUPS printers work; when I try to print, I get a Printer
>> Error box that says "There was a problem printing because the paper size
>> you specified is not supported by your printer."
>>
>> 4. The Page Setup box takes margins only in millimeters.  It should also
>> be able to accept margins in inches.
>>
>> 5. The na-letter paper size in the Printer Properties box is confusingly
>> located in the middle of a bunch of ISO options, and is difficult to
>> find there.
>>
>> 6. It's unclear what the "Gap from edge of paper to Margin" in Printer
>> Properties means, or how it relates to the margins in Page Setup, or
>> even what units it is given in.  I see 0.4 on my screen.  0.4 what?
>> Inches? Centimeters?  Millimeters?
>>
>> 7. Under Colorspace, I see "TrueColor/24bit" listed four times, with no
>> apparent difference between them.  It's also unclear what the difference
>> between GrayScale and StaticGray is.
>>
>> 8. The Resolution/Quality box maxes out at 600DPI.  Quite a few printers
>> are capable of more than that these days.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>>   APT prefers unstable
>>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
>> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.3
>> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
>>
>> Versions of packages firefox depends on:
>> ii  debianutils               2.15.2         Miscellaneous utilities specific t
>> ii  fontconfig                2.3.2-1.1      generic font configuration library
>> ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.3-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
>> ii  libc6                     2.3.5-12.1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
>> ii  libcairo2                 1.0.2-3        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
>> ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-1.1      generic font configuration library
>> ii  libfreetype6              2.1.10-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
>> ii  libgcc1                   1:4.0.2-8      GCC support library
>> ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.6-1        The GLib library of C routines
>> ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.10-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
>> ii  libidl0                   0.8.5-1        library for parsing CORBA IDL file
>> ii  libjpeg62                 6b-11          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
>> ii  libpango1.0-0             1.10.2-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
>> ii  libpng12-0                1.2.8rel-5     PNG library - runtime
>> ii  libstdc++6                4.0.2-8        The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
>> ii  libx11-6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
>> ii  libxcursor1               1.1.3-1        X cursor management library
>> ii  libxext6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
>> ii  libxft2                   2.1.8.2-2      FreeType-based font drawing librar
>> ii  libxi6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
>> ii  libxinerama1              6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System multi-head display
>> ii  libxp6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
>> ii  libxrandr2                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
>> ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0.2-1    X Rendering Extension client libra
>> ii  libxt6                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
>> ii  psmisc                    22.1-1         Utilities that use the proc filesy
>> ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-9      compression library - runtime
>>
>> firefox recommends no packages.
>>
>> -- no debconf information
>>
>>
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 05:51:06PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
>> There were 6 issues reported:
>>
>> #1 apepars to persist
>>
>> #2 persists as well
>>
>> #3 is fixed
>>
>> #4 exists, only now it takes margins only in inches
>>
>> #5 exists
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>> #6 exists
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>> #7 exists
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>> #8 exists
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