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Printer in Gnome loathes being enabled



Howdie, fellow Debianites!

From time to time, out of nowhere, my printer refuses to print. When I check it via 'System/Administration/Printing/right-click menu on printer icon', I see that the menu item 'Enabled' is not ticked. I tick it, I get assed for the root password, and then it starts to print. Some hours, even days, pass peacefully ... and then it refuses to print again.

As much as I hate this, I could learn to live with it: but what *really* posix me off is the root password it keeps asking! I've made all the users members of the lp and lpadmin groups --to no avail. Everytime this happens, the stubborn machine wants the root password again! Just to enable a printer (that has been enabled tens of times anyway)!

What am I doing wrong?

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