This is an old bug, Intrepid and Jaunty are no longer supported. Is this still an issue in Ubuntu 10.04 or higher? Please make sure that you are in the "lpadmin" group.
** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Assignee: Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263802 Title: system-config-printer needs admin privleges -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs