Can you do the following: wget http://www.openprinting.org/download/printing/dnssd sudo apt-get install avahi-utils chmod +x dnssd time ./dnssd time /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp
Please tell how long the two programs need and which printers they report. /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp is the standard program of CUPS to search for network printers. It does an SNMP broadcast and collects the answers from the printers. dnssd is a replacement for this program written by me which uses mDNS/DNS-SD/Zeroconf/Bonjour for searching for printers on the network. They do not necessarily find the same set of printers, as older printers can only support SNMP and newer only DNS-SD. If the result of dnssd is more satisfying for you, do sudo cp dnssd /usr/lib/cups/backend/ sudo chmod -x /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp If you are on Hardy, dnssd is already included in the CUPS package (1.3.4-1ubuntu2 or newer). Then you do not need to do the above- mentioned manual download and installation. -- 'New Printer' = hang over network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165197 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
