diff -up system-config-printer-1.4.1/system-config-printer.py.utf8-978970 system-config-printer-1.4.1/system-config-printer.py
--- system-config-printer-1.4.1/system-config-printer.py.utf8-978970	2013-07-02 12:51:32.083930404 +0100
+++ system-config-printer-1.4.1/system-config-printer.py	2013-07-02 12:53:25.668419559 +0100
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ class GUI(GtkGUI):
             self.rename_entry_sigids.append ((editable, id))
 
     def printer_name_editing (self, entry):
-        newname = origname = unicode (entry.get_text())
+        newname = origname = entry.get_text().decode ('utf-8')
         newname = newname.replace("/", "")
         newname = newname.replace("#", "")
         newname = newname.replace(" ", "")