gnome-cups-manager is not maintained upstream any more, it is about to be replaced in Edgy+1. See
https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/printerdrake To improve the scan for SMB/Windows printers in printerdrake (or any other tool) please cut and paste the following long command line (1 line) into a terminal to execute it (Samba client must be installed): for i in `export LC_ALL=C; nmblookup \* 2> /dev/null | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---------------; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2> /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done Please tell: - Are all your printer shares (at least the ones which do not need authentication for being listed) shown? - Are you asked for a password? - How big is your network (# of computers, Samba/Windows servers, network printers)? - How long does above-mentioned command need to finish? Suggestions to improve the command are welcome. ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Needs Info -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs