Printer Configuration File not applied

[tatanas]

Hi,

I was trying to modify the printer configuration (black instead of color) through Fog printer management and it was not working.
I saw that the command in WindowsPrinterManager.cs

PrintUI($"/Sr /n \"{printer.Name}\" /a \"{printer.ConfigFile}\" m f g p", verbose);

is executed with a /q parameter at the end (line 37 in the same file : cmdLine = cmdLine + " /q";)

When executed without the /q parameter, the printer config is modified sucessfully.
When executed with /q at a different position (before /Sr), the printer config is modified sucessfully.
Could you confirm this behaviour and fix the code if necessary ?

Thank you.

[tatanas]

Sorry to bump this topic, can someone confirm this problem ?
If the fix is possible, could it be applied to the next fog update ?

Thanks for your time.

[Sebastian Roth]

@tatanas Thanks for bringing this topic up again. Obviosly got lost in the forums.

I don’t have a setup with printer in my test environment and so I can’t confirm this being an issue. But I can make the change in the code no problem.

Though I really wonder why position of parameters seem to make the command fail. This is very rare. Maybe there is something else in this command wrong?!

Update: Well maybe the m f g p has to be the last bit…

By the way, what do you think about this issue reported on github? https://github.com/FOGProject/fog-client/issues/139

[tatanas]

@sebastian-roth
After reading the doc of the PrintUIEntry command, it seems that when you use the /sr parameter, all the values have to be placed at the end of the command :
/Sr Specifies what information about a printer is restored and how conflicts in settings are handled. Use with the following values placed at the end of the command line
So when you add ‘/q’ parameter after the m f g p values it could generate a problem ?

I dont know if this github issue is the same as mine. I should try the g/u value and compare results.

[Sebastian Roth]

@tatanas said in Printer Configuration File not applied:

So when you add ‘/q’ parameter after the m f g p values it could generate a problem ?

Yes I think you are right. I just pushed a fix on github. This fix will be in the next fog-client (and the new FOG) release.

Update: You can download a fixed DLL if you like. Just stop the FOGService on the client machine, rename the original file C:\Program Files (x86)\FOG\Modules.dll (e.g. to Modules_orig.dll) and copy the downloaded file in place with the original name. After starting the service it should apply your printer settings.

I dont know if this github issue is the same as mine. I should try the g/u value and compare results.

Sorry for mixing up the issues and miss-using your topic to ask about this! The github issue is different. Don’t worry about this for now. I just updated the github issue.

[tatanas]

@sebastian-roth Thank you very much !

[Sebastian Roth]

@tatanas said in Printer Configuration File not applied:

Thank you very much !

You are welcome. And so I guess this means, yes it works!?

[tatanas]

@sebastian-roth Sorry, I didn’t see your answer. Yes it works.