Comment 32 for bug 1133794

Solution #25 (hack the config file) will not detect network printers out there on your LAN automatically, of course, which solution #23 (adding avahi-daemon) will, if they speak the avahi/bonjour protocol.

"Best" is always subjective. My thinking is that adding avahi-daemon is the most functionally complete workaround we have.

Incidentally, why is your Launchpad login so amazingly long and complex? :) It means you can't easily print up business cards with your Launchpad page URL on them, because it won't fit:

  https://launchpad.net/~78luphr0rnk2nuqimstywepozxn9kl19tqh0tx66b5dki1xxsh5mkz9gl21a5rlwfnr8jn6ln0m3jxne2k9x1ohg85w3jabxlrqbgszpjpwcmvkbcvq9spp6z3w5j1-c9zcy2w6n-a811i2i3ytqlsztthjth0svbccw8inm65tmkqp9sarr553jq53in4xm1m8wn3o4rlwaer06ogwvqwv9mrqoku2x334n7di44o65qze67n1wneepmidnuwnde1rqcbp

Compare that with mine:

  https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden

Jonathan