i have exactly the same failure/behaviour on my machine with ubuntu 11.10 only if i input the printer over the direct adress
ipp://192.168.1.5:631/printers/.... then the printer works perfect. there is definitly a failure in the atomatic detection of printers in 11.10 regards August -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923700 Title: Sharing a printer cannot connect when using .local name (which is the default) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/923700/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
