Sorry, that's just the way cups is designed right now; printer names cannot contain spaces.
** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-cups-manager => cupsys Severity: Normal => Wishlist Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- [Dapper] Can't use spaces when specifying printer name https://launchpad.net/bugs/44459 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs