Some people prefer to manage their printers using a web browser. If you want an alternative X front end to cups, you can try these applications.
gtklp (Gnome)
qtcups (KDE)
xpp
You can find out more about each application, or install them, using apt. For example, this is how you might find the details of the gtklp package and then install it.
$ apt-cache show gtklp Description: Front end for cups written in gtk ... $ su Password: ******* # apt-get install gtklp ... # exit $