[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #3348: cups unable to work with my usb printer

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My printer has a serial number with a '.' (dot) symbol inside. As a result
cups cannot work with this printer.
I think you should encode/decode device uri components for a such non
standard symbols.

output from /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
direct usb://Samsung/SCX-4200%20Series?serial=9C66BACP807850K.&interface=1
"Samsung SCX-4200 Series" "Samsung SCX-4200 Series"
"MFG:Samsung;CMD:GDI;MDL:SCX-4200
Series;CLS:PRINTER;MODE:PCL;STATUS:IDLE;" ""

$cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-7:1.1/subsystem/devices/usb5/5-7/serial 
9C66BACP807850K.

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Version: 1.4.1