331636 - Setting for default printer not honored in Solaris

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Chris Kern]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060206 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060206 Firefox/1.5.0.1

When multiple printers are defined, Firefox prints to the most recently used value of $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME when PostScript/default is selected in the print dialog, rather than using the Solaris system default printer.  (When this variable is unset -- e.g., immediately after Firefox is launched -- the system default printer will be used when PostScript/default is selected.  However, after any other printer has been used, the most recently used printer becomes PostScript/default.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Firefox
2. Print from Firefox to a printer other than the system default printer.
3. Print from Firefox to PostScript/default.

Actual Results:  
The print job in step 3 is spooled to the printer used in step 2, above (i.e., the most recent value of $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME).

Expected Results:  
he job should be sent to the system default printer whenever PostScript/default is selected in the print dialog.

Note that this is more serious than a simple loss of functionality.  It is a potential security issue: it could result in the improper disclosure of confidential information if, for example, a sensitive document wound up on a shared printer without the user realizing it.

Comment 1

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 2

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

-> Closing as incomplete because of missing feedback if this is still reproducible in the latest release (Firefox 2.0.0.4) or Trunk Build.