Description of problem: The name windows allocates to the printer queue is corrupted with html characters when a new Windows printer is created. In my case for example the Windows printer name was :- HP Photosmart C4100 series (Copy 5) system-config-printer rendered this as:- HP20Photosmart20C410020series2028Copy20529 (As the "Device URI" box was only long enough to display the workgroup and part of the server name - it took me nearly all day to realise that "tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME" and system-config-printer asking me to provide a user name and password - then a "resource not available" message really meant that the printer name was miss-spelled. Oh well - that's life!) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-printer-1.2.5-6.fc13.i686 cups-1.4.4-11.fc13.i686 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.set up a windows printer 2. 3. Actual results: Windows printer name is filled with semi-html characters Expected results: Windows printer name should be the same as selected from those offered by the 'Browse' button Additional info:
I'm affected by bug 669820, which seems to be the same. Workaround for me was to go to the CUPS page <http://localhost:631/> and create an entry for the printer there, not via Administration --> Printing. Hope this helps.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 669820 ***