Ubuntu
system-config-printer package

  1. Bug #147369
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 147369

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dodgy_pro (dodgy-pro-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: system-config-printer fails to automatically configure a printer

I uninstalled all printers and removed them from the computer (USB).
I rebooted.
I connected my HP Deskjet 5940 to the USB.
After a few seconds I was given the tip that the printer was found and installed.
It had been recognised by both the System/Administration/Printing tool and the HPLIP Toolbox, having the URI that was not working previously (i.e. hp:/usb/Deskjet....), BUT
It worked flaulessly!...

Job is done and it really should have been done. Bug seems to be fixed. I will inform friends of mine who are also beta-testing Gutsy and had the same problem.

My only thought now, is why jobs are compiled continuously to the printer... I mean whatever I send for printing takes a job-number ever increasing (for instance I send a test page and it is printed as job... 45), but I cannot find how I reset the counting. If it is something worth considering, let us now please.

Thanks for the fix! It was important for the upcoming release of Ubuntu.