Xubuntu 12.04 no detection or list of printers

[Albert Wagner]

On 05/06/2012 09:03 AM, Graham Watkins wrote:
> On 06/05/12 01:42, Albert Wagner wrote:
>> In Xubuntu 12.04 there is no detection of my printer, nor is there a 
>> list of printers to choose from when adding a printer.  It just 
>> requests a device URI, such as ipp://cups-server/printers/printer-queue.
>> This seems pretty primitive.  I suspect something needs to be done 
>> more useful than trying to find a URI for my printer: Epson WP-4020.
>> Xubuntu 11.10 had no problem detecting, finding the correct driver, 
>> and installing.  What can be done in 12.04?
>>
> Is cups installed?
>
> I had a problem with 12.04 (in a VBox installation) where, although it 
> could see my Epson DX4000 printer, it wouldn't print until I installed 
> cups-driver-gutenprint from Synaptic.
Thanks, Graham, but cups is installed, along with several support 
packages.  No joy yet.