Are you logged in as the first user which got set up during installation of your Ubuntu system? Was your user account made an Administrator in System -> Administration -> Users and Groups? Are you in the "lpadmin" group?
** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/699816 Title: Add a printer in 10.10 asks for root although no root password was created after default installation -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs