diff -up system-config-printer-1.4.1/PhysicalDevice.py.utf8-968142 system-config-printer-1.4.1/PhysicalDevice.py
--- system-config-printer-1.4.1/PhysicalDevice.py.utf8-968142	2013-02-19 16:18:35.000000000 +0000
+++ system-config-printer-1.4.1/PhysicalDevice.py	2013-06-07 12:44:55.756548280 +0100
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ class PhysicalDevice:
 
         if hostport:
             (host, port) = urllib.splitport (hostport)
+
+        if type (host) == unicode:
+            host = host.encode ('utf-8')
+        if type (dnssdhost) == unicode:
+            dnssdhost = dnssdhost.encode ('utf-8')
         return host, dnssdhost
 
     def add_device (self, device):