Ubuntu
cups package

  1. Bug #1133794
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 1133794

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Finog (finog) wrote :

Ran "system-config-printer 1.3.12" on fresh install of Lubuntu 13.04 amd64.

system-config-printer dialog says "Printing service not available. Start the service on this computer or connect to another server."

Pressing connect brings up a dialog box saying "CUPS server: <localhost>". Pressing connect here yields no joy.

Running "sudo start cups" fixes the problem and clicking Connect gives joy. Afterwards, opening system-config-printer does not show the problem message any more.

Expected that CUPS would either be running already OR that the dialog box would suggest a method for starting it.