I have the same problem : my Epson Stylus Photo 750 (USB) is randomly set to network printer instead of local since I upgraded from Edgy to Feisty (or very soon after).
I tried to uninstall/reinstall it several times with no success. I've just removed the package hal-cups-utils which I though came from the Feisty upgrade (but it seems that other Feisty users don't have it installed). At first I thought it worked back correctly, but after printing three documents, the printer is unavailable again. Please note that when the printer stops responding (I'm not sure it's then that it's set to network), printing dialogs of applications still list it but not its options. Also, when I try to use the Installed Printers software and access the properties of the Epson, it hangs and I have to force quit it. -- printer changes from local to network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs