I found this link to give an exceptional help
http://www.edwardstafford.com/2009/08/31/add-a-network-printer-to-an-ubuntu-desktop-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9047
The only issue was that I had slightly different names probably due to different version of Ubuntu.
While these instruction are specific for DELL 1700. It is easy enough to generalize them for any printer. Another technique is to add a printer from the network. All you need is the IP number and the type of the printer. In this case after running:
$sudo system-config-printer
you should go to ->Find Network Printer. and put the IP address in the "host" field. the rest is self explanatory.
