Since I can't edit (and was sure the following info was already in there) here is a related problem. I only experience the behavior described when adding a printer on both my desktop and laptop machines with Dapper 6.06 installed. System monitor doesn't show g-c-i taking up all of the CPU however the CPU is fully utilized and the only cups related service shown is g-c-i. Behavior is only exhibited while attempting to add a printer.
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