diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_check_sentence.json b/needles/gnome/printing_check_sentence.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7697f11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/gnome/printing_check_sentence.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "height": 18,
+      "xpos": 183,
+      "ypos": 88,
+      "type": "match",
+      "width": 327
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "printing_check_sentence"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_check_sentence.png b/needles/gnome/printing_check_sentence.png
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_print.json b/needles/gnome/printing_print.json
index 904ed0bf..a6d61afd 100644
--- a/needles/gnome/printing_print.json
+++ b/needles/gnome/printing_print.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{
-  "properties": [],
-  "tags": [
-    "printing_print"
-  ],
-  "area": [
-    {
-      "xpos": 790,
-      "ypos": 134,
-      "width": 40,
-      "height": 19,
-      "type": "match"
-    }
-  ]
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "height": 19,
+      "ypos": 55,
+      "xpos": 599,
+      "type": "match",
+      "width": 40
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "printing_print"
+  ]
 }
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_print.png b/needles/gnome/printing_print.png
index 69b3cac0..46ab0ca4 100644
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_select_pdfprinter.json b/needles/gnome/printing_select_pdfprinter.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de73a18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/gnome/printing_select_pdfprinter.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "width": 99,
+      "height": 19,
+      "ypos": 209,
+      "xpos": 48,
+      "type": "match"
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "printing_select_pdfprinter"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/printing_select_pdfprinter.png b/needles/gnome/printing_select_pdfprinter.png
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diff --git a/tests/desktop_printing.pm b/tests/desktop_printing.pm
index ad0584bf..cd68283f 100644
--- a/tests/desktop_printing.pm
+++ b/tests/desktop_printing.pm
@@ -5,44 +5,63 @@ use utils;
 
 sub run {
     my $self = shift;
-    # Prepare the environment:
+    # Prepare the environment for the test.
     #
-    # Become root
+    # Some actions need a root account, so become root.
     $self->root_console(tty=>3);
 
-    # Create a text file with content to print
+    # Create a text file, put content to it to prepare it for later printing.
     script_run  "cd /home/test/";
     assert_script_run  "echo 'A quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.' > testfile.txt";
+    # Make the file readable and for everybody.
     script_run "chmod 666 testfile.txt";
     # Install the Cups-PDF package to use the Cups-PDF printer
     assert_script_run "dnf -y install cups-pdf", 180;
-    # FIXME: log version of cups-pdf and check it for output location
-    # this is only necessary as long as the test may run on cups-pdf
-    # 3.0.1-11 or lower, as soon as that's not true we can cut it
-    my $cpdfver = script_output 'rpm -q cups-pdf --queryformat "%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n"';
-    assert_script_run "dnf -y install rpmdevtools", 180;
-    my $cpdfvercmp = script_run "rpmdev-vercmp $cpdfver 3.0.1-11.5";
-    # Leave the root terminal and switch back to desktop.
+
+    # Here, we were doing a version logic. This is no longer needed, because
+    # we now use a different approach to getting the resulting file name:
+    # We will list the directory where the printed file is put and we will
+    # take the file name that will be returned. To make it work, the directory
+    # must be empty, which it normally is, but to make sure let's delete everything.
+    script_run("rm /home/test/Desktop/*");
+    # Verification commands need serial console to be writable and readable for
+    # normal users, let's make it writable then.
+    script_run("chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0");
+    # Leave the root terminal and switch back to desktop for the rest of the test.
     desktop_vt();
+
     my $desktop = get_var("DESKTOP");
-    # some simple variances between desktops. defaults are for GNOME
-    my $editor = "gedit";
+    # Set up some variables to make the test compatible with different desktops.
+    # Defaults are for the Gnome desktop.
+    my $version = get_var("VERSION");
+    # FIXME: When we entirely move to version 36 with all the tests
+    # we will get rid of gedit (which ceased to exist on 36).
+    my $editor = "gnome-text-editor";
+    if ($version <= 35 and $version ne "Rawhide") {
+        $editor = "gedit";
+    }
     my $viewer = "evince";
     my $maximize = "super-up";
+    my $term = "gnome-terminal";
     if ($desktop eq "kde") {
         $editor = "kwrite";
         $viewer = "okular";
         $maximize = "super-pgup";
+        $term = "konsole";
     }
 
+    # Let's open the terminal. We will use it to start the applications 
+    # as well as to check for the name of the printed file.
+    menu_launch_type($term);
+    wait_still_screen(2);
+
     # Open the text editor and print the file.
-    wait_screen_change { send_key "alt-f2"; };
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>5, similarity_level=>45);
-    type_very_safely "$editor /home/test/testfile.txt\n";
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>5, similarity_level=>44);
+    type_very_safely "$editor /home/test/testfile.txt &\n";
+    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>3, similarity_level=>45);
     # Print the file using the Cups-PDF printer
     send_key "ctrl-p";
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>5, similarity_level=>45);
+    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>3, similarity_level=>45);
+    # In Gnome, we need to select the Cups-PDF printer first
     if ($desktop eq 'gnome') {
         assert_and_click "printing_select_pdfprinter";
     }
@@ -52,29 +71,28 @@ sub run {
         # We only check that it is correct.
         assert_screen "printing_pdfprinter_ready";
     }
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>2, similarity_level=>45);
     assert_and_click "printing_print";
     # Exit the application
     send_key "alt-f4";
+    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>3, similarity_level=>45);
+    # The CLI might be blocked by some application output. Pressing the
+    # Enter key will dismiss them and return the CLI to the ready status.
+    send_key("ret");
 
-    # Open the pdf file and check the print
-    send_key "alt-f2";
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>5, similarity_level=>45);
-    # output location is different for cups-pdf 3.0.1-12 or later (we
-    # checked this above)
-    if ($cpdfvercmp eq "12") {
-        # older cups-pdf
-        type_safely "$viewer /home/test/Desktop/testfile.pdf\n";
-    }
-    else {
-        type_safely "$viewer /home/test/Desktop/testfile-job_1.pdf\n";
-    }
-    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>5, similarity_level=>45);
+    # Get the name of the printed file. Both Gnome and KDE place 
+    # that file in the /home/$user/Desktop directory.
+    my $filename = script_output("ls /home/test/Desktop/");
+    # Echo that filename to the terminal for troubleshooting purposes
+    diag("The filename of the printed out file is: $filename");
+
+    # Open the pdf file in a Document readier and check that it is correctly printed.
+    type_safely("$viewer /home/test/Desktop/$filename &\n");
+    wait_still_screen(stilltime=>3, similarity_level=>45);
     # Resize the window, so that the size of the document fits the bigger space
     # and gets more readable.
     send_key $maximize;
     wait_still_screen(stilltime=>2, similarity_level=>45);
-    # make sure we're at the start of the document
+    # in KDE, make sure we're at the start of the document
     send_key "ctrl-home" if ($desktop eq "kde");
     # Check the printed pdf.
     assert_screen "printing_check_sentence";