On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 05:20:27PM -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> http://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting#Add_Printer has,
> "Now you can add a printer by going to 
> http://localhost:631/
> and adding a printer via the Administration screen."
> 
> Since grading from Squeeze to Wheezy, 
> "Add Printer Error
> Unable to add printer: 
> Unauthorized"
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting#Add_Printer,
> "If you get a permission error, try adding yourself to the group lpadmin."
> 
> In lpadmin already.
> 
> In Squeeze a simple dialogue was presented.  After logging in as root, 
> adminstative tasks could proceed.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix this one?

It works as described for me. Check cupsd.conf to make sure lpadmin is
actually set as the administrator user group. Then I would restart cups
and try again.

John


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