Thanks for the helpful explanation. I just had to sudo apt-get install fakeroot before I could start the process.
Both of steps your produced some output in the console for a couple of minutes, but I ended up with five new files in total: gnome-cups-manager_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb libgnomecupsui1.0-1_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb libgnomecupsui1.0-dev_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb libgnomecups1.0-1_0.2.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb libgnomecups1.0-dev_0.2.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (first three files from the patch 1 and last two files from patch 2). In the end issued sudo dpkg -i for all five *.deb packages. The good news (for a short while) was that I could change the printer name on its initial creation in the new three-step process. However, the automatic update immediately notified me that the two packages needed an update... and after accepting the update, I'm right back where I started. The "new printer" screen shows the usual two-step process only and you can't change the printer name on initial creation! To make a long story short: I figured out to use sudo foomatic-gui to update the printers (be careful not to enter blanks in the printer name). I wont bother with gnome-cups-manager the next time. The foomatic-gui is an acceptable workaround. Thanks for your help anyway, it pointed me in the right direction. -- unable to change printer name https://launchpad.net/bugs/8023 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs