SL7.1 and printing to a CUPS backend - weird notification icon

[James M. Pulver]

So, we recently got the patch that fixed the printer name issue with _ 
in the printer name. I can now print successfully. However, as soon as I 
printed, in the notification area I get a printer icon with a "do not 
enter sign" on it, i.e. a red circle with a white horizontal line over 
it. It gives no hover over information, I cannot left or right click on 
it, and it doesn't seem to go away.

I can't exactly google an icon, so does anyone know anything about this 
icon, what it's trying to tell me, and how to fix the issue?
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James Pulver
CLASSE Computer Group
Cornell University