[Bug 21154] New: gnome-cups-manager does not accept HPLIP printer setup

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Ubuntu | gnome-cups-manager

           Summary: gnome-cups-manager does not accept HPLIP printer setup
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gnome-cups-manager
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: H.A.J.Koster at xs4all.nl
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


The problem is that gnome-cups-manager (in Breezy) does not offer a suitable
printer type that can receive the special URI required for an HPLIP printer 
setup. I have an HP DeskJet 5850 network printer with IP 10.0.0.160; using 
the command "makeuri 10.0.0.160" results in the special URI 
"hp:/net/deskjet_5800?ip=10.0.0.160" (note the single slash). Clearly, this 
is a network printer, but none of the offered choices -- CUPS (IPP), UNIX, 
SAMBA, or HP JetDirect -- will work with this URI. The CUPS (IPP) choice 
comes close, but g-c-m insists on prepending "ipp://" making the resulting 
URI meaningless. The HP JetDirect choice appears to accept the URI, but 
g-c-m chops off everything following "hp" (besides port 9100 is not used 
with HPLIP). 

But the printer installs correctly using the CUPS printer administration
directly:

1. Edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and comment out the lines with "AuthType Basic"
   and "AuthClass System" near the end of the file, and restart cupsys with 
   the command "/etc/init.d/cupsys restart".
2. Log in to http://localhost:631 (now no password required) and install the
   printer, choosing the first offered printer type "AppSocket/HPJetDirect", 
   choosing HP (HPLIP) as manufacturer, choosing the printer from the list, 
   and accepting the recommended hpijs driver.

This installs the printer and, after configuring it for paper size, the test 
page prints perfectly.  

It would seem that the problem is in the g-c-m front-end to the CUPS printer 
administration.  

Note: several others have reported similar problems, and I have left a message 
similar to the above as a comment w.r.t. bug #19513, incorrectly related to 
package hplip. I have files this bug to properly relate it to the 
gnome-cups-manager package.

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