Comment 39 for bug 1304434

Same as Samuel Reisman (#38) here:

14.04 LTS fully updated, latest version of indicator-printers installed, still no printer applet:
~> apt show indicator-printers
Package: indicator-printers
Priority: extra
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 224 kB
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Lars Uebernickel <email address hidden>
Version: 0.1.7+14.04.20140527-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcups2 (>= 1.6.0), libdbusmenu-glib4 (>= 0.4.2), libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 (>= 0.4.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0
), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), cups (>= 1.5)
Recommends: indicator-applet (>= 0.2) | indicator-renderer, system-config-printer-gnome
Download-Size: 25.1 kB
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/indicator-printers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Description: indicator showing active print jobs
 This indicator is designed to let you view and control active print jobs.

This issue isn't fixed yet.
 .
 It requires some way to be hosted into a panel. Either Unity or an indicator
 plugin for your desktop environment.