Upgraded to 8.10 and the problem has disappeared. During the upgrade process I was asked if I wanted to replace 2 cupsys conf files, which I did. These conf files had never been altered by me previously (from a clean hardy install), so I assume they may have been altered by a patch on hardy and subsequently created the problem.
-- Hardy printing dialog or app hangs when attempting to print but can print test page from Print Configuration dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309158 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs