[Bug 8023] Re: unable to change printer name (workaround)

[Lars]

Thanks for the helpful explanation. I just had to
    sudo apt-get install fakeroot
before I could start the process.

Both of steps your produced some output in the console for a couple of minutes, but I ended up with five new files in total:
  gnome-cups-manager_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  libgnomecupsui1.0-1_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  libgnomecupsui1.0-dev_0.31-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  libgnomecups1.0-1_0.2.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
  libgnomecups1.0-dev_0.2.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
(first three files from the patch 1 and last two files from patch 2).

In the end issued 
   sudo dpkg -i 
for all five *.deb packages.

The good news (for a short while) was that I could change the printer
name on its initial creation in the new three-step process.

However, the automatic update immediately notified me that the two
packages needed an update... and after accepting the update, I'm right
back where I started. The "new printer" screen shows the usual two-step
process only and you can't change the printer name on initial creation!

To make a long story short:
I figured out to use
     sudo foomatic-gui
to update the printers (be careful not to enter blanks in the printer name). I wont bother with
     gnome-cups-manager
the next time. The foomatic-gui is an acceptable workaround. Thanks for your help anyway, it pointed me in the right direction.

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unable to change printer name
https://launchpad.net/bugs/8023