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Fedora Test Days

Printing

Date	2011-10-06
Time	all day

Website	QA/Fedora_16_test_days
IRC	#fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list	test

Can't make the date?
If you come to this page before or after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find at Bugzilla, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?

Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on Printing.

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...

Development - Tim Waugh (twaugh), Jiri Popelka (jpopelka)
Quality Assurance - (anyone?)

Prerequisite for Test Day

List any prerequisite needs for the test event. A fresh system, virtualized guest, a blank DVD ... a desire to break software?

Access to a printer
Fedora 16 Alpha (or newer; live image is fine)

How to test?

A variety of printing tasks should be attempted, including:

Configuring a printer not yet known to the system
Printing a test page
Printing something more complicated, e.g. OpenOffice document, PDF, email
Taking advantage of extra print features of your printer e.g. duplexing, stapling
Inducing errors such as out-of-paper, printer off-line, and noting behavior

Update your machine

If you're running Fedora 16 Alpha, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager. Or:

Live image

Optionally, you may download a non-destructive Fedora 16 live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at FedoraLiveCD. Live images can be found here.

Test Cases

Connecting a local printer: Expected behavior is that when a new local printer is connected, drivers will be installed as needed, a queue will be created for it, and the user will see a notification message about it.

Checking the Device ID is correctly listed
The hpijs, gutenprint-cups, foomatic-db-ppds and foomatic packages all contain tags that associate them with the Device IDs for the printers they support. If you are not given the opportunity to install one of these packages when your printer is supported by them, it may be that they do not list its Device ID correctly. You can check this by running /usr/share/system-config-printer/check-device-ids.py as root.

Test Results

gnome-settings-daemon for problems relating to job reporting and printer status feedback in GNOME Shell
control-center for problems specific to printer administration in GNOME Shell e.g. the system settings module
cups for printing problems that persist even when using command line utilities such as lp
gtk2 for printing problems common to all GTK+ applications using the GTK+ print dialog
system-config-printer for bugs in the printing configuration program used in GNOME fallback mode and in other graphical environments

If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the result template to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.

User	Printer	Connect local	Reconnect local	Network printing	Copies/pages/duplex	Status feedback	References
Sample User	HP LaserJet 5	none	none	pass	warn ^[1]	fail ^[2]	↑ Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321 ↑ RHBZ #12345

[1] Test pass, but also encountered RHBZ #54321

[2] RHBZ #12345

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 | name = Fedora Test Days
 | image = [[File:Echo-testing-48px.png|link=QA/Fedora_15_test_days]]
-| caption = [[FIXME|FIXME]]
+| caption = [[Printing|Printing]]
-| date = <<FIXME>>
+| date = 2011-10-06
 | time = all day
-| website = [[QA/Fedora_15_test_days]]
+| website = [[QA/Fedora_16_test_days]]
 | irc = [irc://irc.freenode.net/#fedora-test-day #fedora-test-day] ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=fedora-test-day webirc])
 | fedora_mailing_list = test
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 == What to test? ==
-Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on '''<<FIXME>>'''
+Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on '''Printing'''.
 == Who's available ==
 The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion ...
-* Development - [[User:Developer1|Developer1]] (irc_nick1), [[User:Developer2|Developer2]] (irc_nick2)
+* Development - [[User:Twaugh|Tim Waugh]] (twaugh), [[User:jpopelka|Jiri Popelka]] (jpopelka)
-* Quality Assurance - [[User:Tester1|Tester1]] (irc_nick3), [[User:Tester2|Tester2]] (irc_nick4), [[User:Tester3|Tester3]] (irc_nick5)
+* Quality Assurance - (anyone?)
 == Prerequisite for Test Day ==
@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 List any prerequisite needs for the test event.  A fresh system, virtualized guest, a blank DVD ... a desire to break software?
-* Usb key
+* Access to a printer
-* Usb externally connected HD IDE/SATA
+* Fedora 16 Alpha (or newer; live image is fine)
-* Empty HD IDE/SATA/SCSI
-* Free space on HD
-Here's a chunk which is commonly used for most Test Days. Replace XX with whatever Fedora release is pending:
-* An updated [http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease Fedora XX pre-release], [[Releases/Rawhide|Rawhide]] (tips on installing Rawhide below), or a [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ nightly live image]
-* Your hardware profile uploaded to [http://www.smolts.org Smolt] according to [http://smolts.org/smolt-wiki/Main_Page#Usage these instructions]
 == How to test? ==
-High level details on how a contributor can get involved.  This can include (but not limited to):
+A variety of printing tasks should be attempted, including:
-* Areas to target with exploratory testing
-* A list of pre-defined test cases to execute
-* How to report back results
-Here's another common chunk (again, replace XX as above):
+* Configuring a printer not yet known to the system
+* Printing a test page
+* Printing something more complicated, e.g. OpenOffice document, PDF, email
+* Taking advantage of extra print features of your printer e.g. duplexing, stapling
+* Inducing errors such as out-of-paper, printer off-line, and noting behavior
 === '''Update your machine''' ===
-If you're running Fedora XX, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager. If you want to try Rawhide, see the instructions on the [[Releases/Rawhide|Rawhide]] page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. Or:
+If you're running Fedora 16 Alpha, make sure you have all the current updates for it installed, using the update manager. Or:
 === '''Live image''' ===
-Optionally, you may download a non-destructive Rawhide live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at [[FedoraLiveCD]]. Live images can be found [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ here].
+Optionally, you may download a non-destructive Fedora 16 live image for your architecture. Tips on using a live image are available at [[FedoraLiveCD]]. Live images can be found [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ here].
 == Test Cases ==
-Provide a list of test areas or test cases that you'd like contributors to execute.  For other examples, see [[:Category:Test_Cases]].
+* [[QA:Testcase_Printing_New_Printer|Connecting a local printer]]: Expected behavior is that when a new local printer is connected, drivers will be installed as needed, a queue will be created for it, and the user will see a notification message about it.
+{{admon/tip|Checking the Device ID is correctly listed|The hpijs, gutenprint-cups, foomatic-db-ppds and foomatic packages all contain tags that associate them with the Device IDs for the printers they support. If you are not given the opportunity to install one of these packages when your printer is supported by them, it may be that they do not list its Device ID correctly.  You can check this by running <code>/usr/share/system-config-printer/check-device-ids.py</code> as root.}}
+* [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Known_Printer|Reconnecting a local printer]]
+* [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Network_Printer|Printing to a network printer]]
+* [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Complex|Printing copies/pages/duplexing from the print dialog]]
+* [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Troubleshooting|Status feedback]]
 == Test Results ==
-Construct a table or list to allow testers to post results.  Each column should be a test case or configuration, and each row should consist of test results. Include some instructions on how to report bugs, and any special instructions. Here's an example, from a Palimpsest test day:
+* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=15&component=gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon] for problems relating to job reporting and printer status feedback in GNOME Shell
+* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=15&component=control-center control-center] for problems specific to printer administration in GNOME Shell e.g. the system settings module
+* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=15&component=cups cups] for printing problems that persist even when using command line utilities such as '''lp'''
+* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=15&component=gtk2 gtk2] for printing problems common to all GTK+ applications using the GTK+ print dialog
+* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=15&component=system-config-printer system-config-printer] for bugs in the printing configuration program used in GNOME fallback mode and in other graphical environments
-If you have problems with any of the tests, report a bug to [https://bugzilla.redhat.com Bugzilla] usually for the component [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=13&component=udisks udisks], or [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=13&component=gnome-disk-utility gnome-disk-utility] for bugs in the Palimpsest graphical front end itself. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the [[Template:result|result template]] to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.
+If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask on IRC and we will help you. Once you have completed the tests, add your results to the Results table below, following the example results from the first line as a template. The first column should be your name with a link to your User page in the Wiki if you have one, and the second should be a link to the Smolt profile of the system you tested. For each test case, use the [[Template:result|result template]] to enter your result, as shown in the example result line.
 {|
 ! User
-! Smolt Profile
+! Printer
-! [[QA:Testcase_sample_1|Sample test 1]]
+! [[QA:Testcase_Printing_New_Printer|Connect local]]
-! [[QA:Testcase_sample_2|Sample test 2]]
+! [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Known_Printer|Reconnect local]]
-! [[QA:Testcase_sample_3|Sample test 3]]
+! [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Network_Printer|Network printing]]
-! [[QA:Testcase_sample_4|Sample test 4]]
+! [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Complex|Copies/pages/duplex]]
+! [[QA:Testcase_Printing_Troubleshooting|Status feedback]]
 ! References
 |-
 | [[User:SampleUser|Sample User]]
-| [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_84465125-1350-4f83-87b9-5f16f7430eb8 HW]
+| HP LaserJet 5
 | {{result|none}}
+| {{result|none}}
 | {{result|pass}}
 | {{result|warn}} <ref>Test pass, but also encountered {{bz|54321}}</ref>
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-[[Category:QA Templates]]

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