432083 - Crash when no network printer

Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Yehuda Davis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

My computer prints from the printer of another computer on my network. However, if I try printing in Firefox while the other computer is off, instead of an error message, Firefox crashes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt to print on printer connected to another computer on the network when the other computer is off. 
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Actual Results:  
Firefox crashed.

Expected Results:  
Display an error message.

The crash occurs while using the default theme.

Comment 1

[Patrik Nilsson]

This bug happens on Linux too. 

How to reproduce the bug on Ubuntu Linux:

If I am connected to my home network where the network printer is configured on a server computer, I can select menu File / Print and all the printers come up.

If I am disconnected from any network while I press menu File / Print all printers come up.

If I am connected to my mobile broadband connection, Firefox hangs when I press menu File / Print and I have my network printers in the list of printers.

And finally, if I am connected to my mobile broadband and before starting Firefox remove the network printers from the list of printers, the menu File / Print works and the pdf-printer comes up.

The printing command works in Thunderbird.

Comment 2

[timeless]

patrik: please file your own bug.

reporter: your problem is caused by your printer driver, please indicate the vendor name/version. it's almost certainly a duplicate.