Comment 84 for bug 420015

No, I haven't bailed out yet!

Some more background information. If I run from the installation cd in live mode, I can turn on the printer, and the printer icon appears on the desktop, i can click on to it, it opens the printer selection screen, I select the Canon MP220 Printer/Scanner and it installs perfectly ok.

When I repeat the procedure with the installed latest version of Ubuntu Karmic (64 bit) nothing happens, there is no icon, nothing!!! I go to 'System-Administration->Printing' there is no printer icon at all. I select 'New Printer' and it takes me to the 'Select Device' screen. I have confirmed that all Ubuntu updates have been installed.

I select 'Other' and enter "hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4a9_1721_505BD0_if1_printer_noserial" and try to install the printer manually, but it is obviously not working. I have re-installed Ubuntu Karmic, and have not tried to install the printer manually this time, so at the moment there is no /etc/cups/printers.conf file.

Any help in suggesting the way forward would be appreciated.