I can confirm this bug (Ubuntu Dapper, Dell Latitude X1, I do not even own a printer)
** Bug 56003 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- gnome-cups-icon uses 100% CPU https://launchpad.net/bugs/44196 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
