Does this issue occur every time the printer is off and you turn it on? - Yes it does.
Can other programs print to the printer in the same situation that LO cannot? - Yes, they can. Tested with Evince and Firefox. What is the printer manufacturer and model? - HP Officejet Pro 8500 When you say network printer, how is it connecting to the PC specifically, bluetooth, WiFi, USB, ethernet, etc.? - The printer is connected to my desktop PC which is as well running Ubuntu. In fact I didn't start my printer but my desktop PC. I tried to print a document on my netbook which is connected via Wifi with the network. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/911235 Title: Libreoffice doesn't update printer list Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I wanted to print a document out of Libreoffice Writer. My network printer wasn't online. So I started my printer. But Libreoffice didn't recognize the printer (the system did recognize the printer). WORKAROUND: Restart LibreOffice to make it recognize the network printer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: libreoffice (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.25-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jan 3 14:40:37 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-17 (46 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/911235/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp