Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-cups-manager
This is a major nuisance, and after having many people talk to me for
help I've decided to report it as a bug, because this severely inhibits
the ability to add an SMB printer on large networks (for example... our
campus network)
When you go to the System --> Administration --> Printing window and click on
the "New Printer" tool, all starts as normal. In this case, you click Network
Printer and change it to SMB. As soon as you get to the next page, the wizard
apparently begins scanning/probing the local network (perhaps just the subnet?
I'm not sure) for SMB print servers.
This is where the trouble begins. As it finds servers requiring
authentication, it pops up an obnoxious little window asking for a
username and password. Depending on network traffic and
server/workstation response times, this can pop up almost instantly
after you click Cancel or hit escape, requiring you to close these tens
or hundreds of authentication popups before you can successfully put in
the information for the printer you [most likely] already know the
server and name of.
Someone will probably suggest filing this under wishlist, but I strongly
urge you to file it as a bug since it severely cripples network printing
abilities on medium to large networks.
My suggestion is that this doesn't automatically scan, that a scan
button needs to be clicked before it does so. There are many ubuntu
users on our campus, and this bug is a nuisance (to say the least) for
everyone.
** Affects: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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adding smb printer difficult on large networks
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403
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