Public bug reported: Printing on SMB / CIFS printers does not work with current Ubuntu Dapper. When taking a look at the printer properties following status is shown: "Ready: Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..."
The point is a) this worked with Ubuntu Breezy, b) the server name, user name and password are correctly set up and the printer name is also correctly shown in the "connection -> printer" drop down field when the printer is created. Hint: I observed that the user name (connection tab) always disappears when the printer properties tool is closed and reopened again. ** Affects: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: Unconfirmed -- SMB / CIFS printers do not work https://launchpad.net/bugs/45221 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs