[Bug 411945] [NEW] Improve printer support in gnome-bluetooth

[Till Kamppeter]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-bluetooth

I can pair a Bluetooth printer without problems: I click on the
Bluetooth icon in the system tray, then I click "Setup new device ...",
and in the upcoming dialog I click "Forward" and wait for the printer to
appear in the list. Then I click "Forward" again and the printer is
paired.

The problem is that I cannot print yet, as I also need a print queue.
Especially many users think that they canm print now.

My suggestion is to add the following two features:

1. When a printer is paired, fire up system-config-printer automatically
to set it up.

2. If there is a printer paired to the system, let the menu of the
bluetooth-applet contain an entry for the printer with a sub menu only
containing "Configure printer" and clicking this opens system-config-
printer.

If gnome-bluetooth has access to the Bluetooth hardware address and
device ID of the printer, call system-config-printer like this:

system-config-printer --setup-printer bluetooth://001A0E1769AA --devid
'MFG:HP;MDL:Officejet H470_BT;CMD:PCL,DW-
PCL,DESKJET,DYN;CLS:PRINTER;DES:CB028A;'

(the hardware address and the device ID have to be replaced by the ones
of the printer actually discovered). Otherwise system-config-printer can
be simply called with

system-config-printer

This makes it much easier for users to complete the setup of their
Bluetooth printers.

** Affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Improve printer support in gnome-bluetooth
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411945
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