Bug#394899: gnome-cups-manager: Driver vanishes from Add Printer dialog after first use

[Adam C Powell IV]

Package: gnome-cups-manager
Version: 0.31-3
Severity: important

Greetings,

I've found that once I've added a printer with a certain driver, that
driver disappears from the list of potential drivers for future printer
additions.

For example, on machine A I have an entry for an Epson Stylus Photo R200
printing from the USB port.  I moved that printer to machine B, and
tried to add it as a network printer.  But the Stylus Photo R200 driver
is no longer in the list under Epson: just Stylus Photo 720, 750, 870,
and Series.

Earlier, when configuring a separate network printer, I downloaded the
Epson AL-CX11 driver RPM from Epson, extracted the .ppd file, and used
"Install Driver" to use this file as the driver.  But there was a
problem with printing, so I deleted that printer.  When I tried to
re-add the printer with a different configuration, the driver was not in
the list, so I clicked "Install Driver" and specified the file.  Then
the dialog came up: "The PPD /usr/share/cups/model/Epson-AL-CX11-fm3.ppd
is already installed".  Well, if it's installed, then why isn't it in
the list??

My only recourse seems to be to go in as root, remove the PPD file
from /usr/share/cups/model/, then try Install Driver again.  But it
doesn't actually use the driver: it selects the one below where that
driver would have been alphabetically if it had been inserted.

Same goes with the R200, whose PPD file is in /etc/cups/ppd: after
selecting the file to install, "Stylus Photo Series" is selected, and
that's what is used.  And when it's used, the R200 PPD file is deleted
from /etc/cups/ppd so now it's gone!

Summary: there's something very wrong with driver selection, which is
making CUPS printing completely unusable for me.

Thanks for your attention and future help.

-Adam
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