Doing some removing and adding of the printers. It looks like New Printer wizard detects both DNS-SD and static IP, but not mDNS. The DNS- SD section seems to appear first, which may be why you get people selecting that.
After using the wizard to add both of my HP printers. I used DNS-SD on my 1320 and IP based hp driver with the C4700. kas...@archon:~$ lpstat -v device for hp-LaserJet-1320-series: dnssd://hp%20LaserJet%201320%20series%20(8892E5)._printer._tcp.local/ device for HP-Photosmart-C4700-series: hp:/net/Photosmart_C4700_series?ip=192.168.1.111 kas...@archon:~$ With no mDNS with hp driver provided, using the hp driver selected one will break every time the printer gets a different IP via DHCP. -- Can not use HP PS3310 wireless network scanner https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545737 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