I overcame this by just installling the foomatic-db-gutenprint package my printer than appeared in the kprint dialog as normal. Perhaps not the ideal solution but it works for me.
-- [Feisty] KDE Printing Manager does not list the PPDs of Gutenprint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs