I can confirm this on latest Feisty, and have always had this problem adding SMB printers. Thank you for the workaround!
** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Odd quirk when trying to install SMB Printers https://launchpad.net/bugs/57666 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs