As CUPS does not support setting the job user name as default, on system-config-printer we cannot do anything, as it is only for setting the defaults for a print queue. The print dialogs of the applications are not part of system-config-printer.
So what needs improvement is: 1. CUPS, to allow job user names as default, via URIs like ipp://jonall...@cups.ncs.mcgill.ca:631/printers/mcgill_mono 2. The print dialogs of the applications, to allow to set a job user name on a per-job basis ** Tags added: cpd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856776 Title: Cannot declare itself as another username with CUPS server To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/common-print-dialog-gtk/+bug/856776/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
