Okay found a fix for the printer problem. I did a search on google and found the pending ubuntu cups 1.5.3. The files are:
cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
cups-bsd_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
cups-client_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
cups-common_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb
cups-ppdc_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
They can be downloaded from:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cu ... ld/3522764