Adding printer from commandline does not work anymore after upgrade to 13.10

In Ubuntu 13.10 I can't add printers from the commandline. For example when I use the following command as root:

lpadmin -p i44hpneu -m "drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_4250-pcl3.ppd" -D "xxx" -L "xxx" -E -v socket://my-printer-url

Then the printer i44hpneu is created but it does not work. Another symptom is that no /etc/cups/ppd/i44hpneu.ppd file is created. The model/driver is listed in "lpinfo -m", so the printer-driver-hpcups package appears to have installed correctly. Adding printers from the GUI or the cups webpage is working. Ubuntu version 13.04 and earlier work too.

(I'm mainting around 20 linux PCs so automating printer installation from the commandline is a very convenient tool as I can prepare scripts to do all the setup).

[Impact]

Very important feature for administrators of print servers, especially head-less servers are not working, causing major problems for the admin:

1. Setting up print queues with "lpadmin", specifying the PPD/driver with the "-m" option does not work, leading to a raw queue.

2. Setting up printers with the web interface of CUPS (http://localhost:631/) does not work.

[Test Case]

Run the command

lpadmin -p test -E -v file:/dev/null -m drv:///sample.drv/laserjet.ppd

This should create a print queue with the generic LaserJet PPD (PCL 5e printer). The PPD should be in /etc/cups/ppd/test.ppd.

What you get is a raw queue without the PPD.

The proposed package fixes this. The same command correctly creates a print queue with PPD.

[Regression Potential]

Very low, as only a few lines are modified in the code for lpadmin and for the appropriate part of the web interface. The CUPS daemon and the CUPS library are not modified.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: cups 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 6 15:55:40 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-13 (266 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
Lpstat:
 device for i44canon: socket://i44canon.info.uni-karlsruhe.de
 device for i44hp201: socket://i44hp201.info.uni-karlsruhe.de
 device for i44hp4250: socket://i44hp4250.info.uni-karlsruhe.de
 device for i44hpneu: socket://i44hpneu.info.uni-karlsruhe.de
 device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
MachineType: FUJITSU ESPRIMO P910
MarkForUpload: True
Papersize: a4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=0de5b9f6-e317-48be-83f8-90ee01c66888 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-05 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V4.6.5.3 R1.19.0 for D3162-A1x
dmi.board.name: D3162-A1
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.board.version: S26361-D3162-A1
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.chassis.version: C$PXW6
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//AmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV4.6.5.3R1.19.0forD3162-A1x:bd12/17/2012:svnFUJITSU:pnESPRIMOP910:pvr:rvnFUJITSU:rnD3162-A1:rvrS26361-D3162-A1:cvnFUJITSU:ct6:cvrC$PXW6:
dmi.product.name: ESPRIMO P910
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU