Same problem here. It came after an upgrade. System: Dapper / Brother HL-1440 printer.
$ dpkg -l | grep cups ii bluez-cups 2.24-0ubuntu6 Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS ii cupsys 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii cupsys-client 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-driver-gimpprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6 printer drivers for CUPS ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6 printer drivers for CUPS ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-1.1ubuntu13 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME ii libcupsimage2 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs ii libcupsys2 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs ii libcupsys2-gnutls10 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - dummy libs ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-1ubuntu5.1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction rc libgnomecupsui1.0-1 0.31-0ubuntu3 UI extensions to libgnomecups ii libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a 0.31-1.1ubuntu13 UI extensions to libgnomecups -- Unable to print to Samba / IPP shared printer https://launchpad.net/bugs/55243 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs