This affects 12.04. cupsd running on the client enumerates the Type field with CUPS_PRINTER_AUTHENTICATED (0x400000).
CUPS no longer has a public bug tracker. I found the following (regarding old CUPS bug #3862) at http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.cups.devel/4814: [STR Closed w/o Resolution] This is being done by the GUI apps, not by CUPS... Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3862 Version: -feature Fix Version: Third-party -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797252 Title: libcups asks for password when its not needed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/797252/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs