I realize I've missed something here: you said your printer does not
require any authentication. So there's also a bug in the CUPS printing
system, which sets up the printer the wrong way.
>From the blog post quoted above, the problem is that the second line should
>not be present, and removing it is said to solve the bug. This is because the
>'Guest' user (passed via the printer address) is does not need a password to
>print. Is that the situation of all reporters here?
<DefaultPrinter tp0>
AuthInfoRequired username,password
Info Canon_PIXMA_iP8500
Location
DeviceURI smb://gu...@home/Desktop/CanonPIX
** Also affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Failed to print document - can't prompt for authorization
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305030
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