Comment 15 for bug 959451

This bug has become much worse with Ubuntu 12.04 - to the point where it is not practical to use Ubuntu 12.04 in an enterprise with Samba networked printers.

If you create a networked (Samba) printer, and select "Prompt User If Authentication Is Required" the following happens:

- LibreOffice does not prompt for authentication when printing to Samba printers. The only option is to go into the print queue, right click the job, and select "Authenticate".

- Checking the "Save Password" box does nothing, if the user prints again the job is held for authentication.

- Apps that use the built-in print dialogs will prompt for authentication, and do not display a "Save Password" option.

- 100% of jobs are held for authentication unless the user's credentials are stored in /etc/cups/printers.conf which is not possible if multiple users are using the same computer. Each user should be able to have their own credentials.

This is very frustrating since this bug has persisted since the last LTS and nothing has been done about it. Is there *anything* I can do as a non-programmer to help this get fixed?