Public bug reported:
With a fresh install of 12.10 (after successfully using 12.04 on another
partition of the same machine) I found I could not add my network
printer (on a synology ds211j). I went to System Settings>Printers and
while the correct printer had been identified, it was identified as a
local printer. In trying to add another (click +), there was no option
to add a network printer. The search panel was not any obvious use:
what 'address' is needed? I tried the nas server name, to which the
printer is attached, but nothing came up. (see attached screen-grab:
the printer was attached and on...)
In the end I had to use the system-config-printer applet and
successfully added the network printer, which showed up in the control
centre applet afterwards but the location is '--'. The system-config-
printer applet was simple and straightforward to use, mainly because it
identified the network printer immediately.
If this is not technically a bug it presents a serious gap between what
the control centre application might reasonably be expected to do and
what it is able to do in a straight forward way.
Ubuntu 12.10
gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu8~ubuntu12.10.1
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Screen grab of the add printer pop-up with no option for
network printer"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091377/+attachment/3462309/+files/gcc%20add.png
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Title:
No obvious way to add network printer with gnome-control-center
printers applet
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