Bug 720095

Summary: Fedora 15: Unable to Add Printer
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jeffrey Walton <noloader>
Component: control-centerAssignee: Control Center Maintainer <control-center-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 15CC: anthony.s.hughes, collura, control-center-maint, extras-orphan, jeff.raber, notting, rstrode
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OS: Linux   
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Description Jeffrey Walton 2011-07-09 08:57:37 UTC
Created attachment 512033 [details]
Printer Applet Screen Shot 1

Trying to add a printer. Applications -> System Settings -> Printers Figure 1 is displayed. I unlock, and click the plus ('+') sign. Add Figure 2, I add the printer's name. Clicking add takes me back to figure 1 without adding. Doing nothing (hoping that the printer is resolved) does nothing.

What gives?

Comment 1 Jeffrey Walton 2011-07-09 08:57:56 UTC
Created attachment 512034 [details]
Printer Applet Screen Shot 2

Comment 2 anthony.s.hughes 2011-09-03 00:05:58 UTC
I am having the same issue.

Samsung ML-2510 Mono Laser connected via USB.

Comment 3 Jeff Raber 2011-10-19 22:18:17 UTC
From http://fedorasolved.org/Members/bookwar/gnome-3-tips :

Some people are having difficulty adding a network printer from the default graphical interface (system-configure-printer-applet). A bug report has been files and a work around is to use 'system-config-printer'

Comment 4 anthony.s.hughes 2011-10-19 22:52:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> From http://fedorasolved.org/Members/bookwar/gnome-3-tips :
> 
> Some people are having difficulty adding a network printer from the default
> graphical interface (system-configure-printer-applet). A bug report has been
> files and a work around is to use 'system-config-printer'

I tried this before submitting comment 2 and I was still unable to add a printer. After a few weeks of searching for workarounds, I gave up. I am now running Ubuntu 11.10. I'll be happy to try Fedora again in a future release if they fix this issue.

Comment 5 Fedora End Of Life 2012-08-07 15:47:31 UTC
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