"Printing service not available" error when installing USB printer in Raring

[John Hupp]

I just did a non-upgrade installation of Raring 13.04 Desktop x86 from 
DVD (installing from the boot-time prompt, not the Live CD session), 
then installed everything the Software Updater offered by default, and 
ran into this "Printing service not available" error while trying to 
install a USB printer.

The problem is described in Bug 1133794 
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794>

I took special note in the comments that though the usual workaround 
seems to be to install avahi-daemon, Comment #23 shows that this 
introduces a new shutdown/restart problem for some systems.

But the solution from #25 has no reported side-effects.  That solution 
is to edit /etc/init/cups.conf and in this stanza:
     start on (filesystem
               and started avahi-daemon
               and (started dbus or runlevel [2345]))
     stop on runlevel [016]
delete the line "and started avahi-daemon."

So is there a agreed-upon *best* workaround?

--John
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