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I know the name and the IP address of a network printer, but I can't seem to be able to search by IP address or name.

Ubuntu developers love to move things around to make it difficult for users, so now with Ubuntu 12.04 I can only go on Application -> System Tools -> System Settings -> Printers, click on Network and a list of printers appears. Too bad the one I want to add isn't there.

How do I do it?

Here it suggests System -> Administration -> Printing, which simply doesn't exist.

Ricky Robinson
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  • Please confirm that which printer you want to add whether it is on network or not? – user128296 Dec 17 '12 at 10:17
  • It is in my network, yes. I added all my printers when I had a previous release of Ubuntu and it worked just like it's described in link above. Now I can't do anything with the way they rearranged stuff in the system settings. – Ricky Robinson Dec 17 '12 at 10:19
  • try to ping the printers ip.if you are able to ping the printer than you should check your settings. – user128296 Dec 17 '12 at 10:23
  • Yes, I am able to ping the printer. What should I do next? I remember that in the past I could search by IP address or printer name, select the driver, etc. Here I can't do anything at all... – Ricky Robinson Dec 17 '12 at 10:29
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    Now run this command sudo system-config-printer and follow the steps I hop this will work for you. – user128296 Dec 17 '12 at 10:34
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    In Dash search for Printers, then click add printer. in the uri box enter the ip address of your printer directly. Follow the wizard with the various settings. – To Do Dec 17 '12 at 10:35
  • Dash is for Unity, right? I use gnome and the only thing related to printing is what I mentioned above. In any case, running system-config-printer from a shell worked! :) Thanks! – Ricky Robinson Dec 17 '12 at 10:50
  • This may help you: http://askubuntu.com/questions/19694/what-is-needed-for-a-networked-home-printer – Takkat Dec 17 '12 at 12:05

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Type this in your terminal

system-config-printer
BlueWizard
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GANESH
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