Try running gnome-cups-manager with sudo from terminal: sudo gnome-cups-manager
and repeat procedure and report results. ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- [6.06 Beta - Live CD] Adding a printer silently fails. https://launchpad.net/bugs/40795 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs