Well, Ubuntu doesn't come w/ my printers drivers by default. I own an espon stylus c84. So I get the latest cups server (I got 1.2), then downloaded gimp-print, which has the driver.

I compile them both, install, etc. I restart the cups server, works fine. I see the new drivers listed, yay.

So I select the driver in the make-new-printer-wizard in gnome, but no printer ever comes up. This is what I get when I run it from a terminal.

# gnome-cups-manager

(gnome-cups-manager:27180): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

(gnome-cups-add:27184): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Selected ppd file = gimp-print/5.0/C/stp-escp2-c84.5.0.ppd.gz



I believe it has to do w/ user rights. Ubuntu, as you may know, doesn't have a root user. I should have been presented w/ a sudo pw box, but never was prompted for the password when configureing printers. So that's my suspision. Can anyone help?

If you have cups installed, go to http://localhost:631/ in your browser and set up your printer there. User name is "root" and password is your personal superuser password.
Once you're in, click on "Printers" or "Administration", "Add Printer" and set up your printer.

yes, that does not work. I am automatically logged in as my user, which can't be root.