Bug 4464 - Default location for terminals does not work with default printer and nearest printing queue
Summary: Default location for terminals does not work with default printer and nearest...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing (show other bugs)
Version: 3.4.0
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: MediumPrio
Assignee: Pierre Ossman
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Reported: 2012-11-07 16:21 CET by Henrik Andersson
Modified: 2020-12-16 14:44 CET (History)
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Description Henrik Andersson cendio 2012-11-07 16:21:26 CET 
If you create a location which is enabled as default for unknown terminals
and for that location you configure a default printer. A session from a 
"unknown" terminal can't print to nearest queue, fails with following error:

nearest-4  	Unknown  	Withheld  	123k
completed at Mon 29 Oct 2012 01:10:29 PM CET "This terminal (52:54:00:5E:13:36) was not found in configuration!"

Expected to see terminal fall into default location and nearest to use default printer for the default location.
Comment 1 Aaron Sowry cendio 2013-09-05 15:07:30 CEST 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Expected to see terminal fall into default location and nearest to use default
> printer for the default location.

Apparently it's not supposed to work like this - "Use this location for unknown terminals" only affects the ACL, not the nearest queue.

IMO the administration GUI is misleading in this regard. Perhaps we should make it clearer what the feature actually does.
Comment 2 Pierre Ossman cendio 2018-10-11 15:36:22 CEST 
Actually the documentation specifically states that this should work:

" If the client is not a known Terminal, i.e. its hardware address was not found, it will use the printer for the Location marked as handling "unknown terminals". If not, there will be no printer available. "

So this is rather blatantly not working as described.
Comment 3 Linn cendio 2020-12-16 14:44:20 CET 
(In reply to Pierre Ossman from comment #2) 
> " If the client is not a known Terminal, i.e. its hardware address was not
> found, it will use the printer for the Location marked as handling "unknown
> terminals". If not, there will be no printer available. "

The documentation still states this, despite nearest not working for unknown terminals.
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