diff --git a/print/system-config-printer/Makefile b/print/system-config-printer/Makefile
index 0327482bdeeb..6a2dde430b91 100644
--- a/print/system-config-printer/Makefile
+++ b/print/system-config-printer/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Created by: Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#   $MCom: ports/print/system-config-printer/Makefile,v 1.6 2009/12/29 16:03:58 ahze Exp $
 
 PORTNAME=	system-config-printer
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.2
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.7
 CATEGORIES=	print gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:R}/
 
@@ -18,8 +16,11 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/cups.so:${PORTSDIR}/print/py-cups \
 		${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/pycurl.so:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/py-curl \
 		${LOCALBASE}/libexec/cups-pk-helper-mechanism:${PORTSDIR}/print/cups-pk-helper
 
+# 1.5 series is python3 ignore them for now.
+PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext gmake pathfix pkgconfig python \
+USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext gmake pathfix pkgconfig python:2 \
 		shebangfix tar:xz
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
diff --git a/print/system-config-printer/distinfo b/print/system-config-printer/distinfo
index d6712533e03f..2f959d26bb00 100644
--- a/print/system-config-printer/distinfo
+++ b/print/system-config-printer/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (system-config-printer-1.4.2.tar.xz) = f0e464435532f73cf8c328ceb1220f02ab2acfc1dcdec729cf5a0acf4193dbea
-SIZE (system-config-printer-1.4.2.tar.xz) = 888848
+SHA256 (system-config-printer-1.4.7.tar.xz) = 6a20074c809109ce0208aa431590cac318edd13ebd96feac08ad2942105c8926
+SIZE (system-config-printer-1.4.7.tar.xz) = 901920
diff --git a/print/system-config-printer/files/patch-newprinter.py b/print/system-config-printer/files/patch-newprinter.py
index 2828813521c0..508935b85851 100644
--- a/print/system-config-printer/files/patch-newprinter.py
+++ b/print/system-config-printer/files/patch-newprinter.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
---- newprinter.py.orig	2013-08-29 15:46:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ newprinter.py	2013-08-29 15:48:44.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@
-                     # Does the backend need to be installed?
-                     if ((self._host == 'localhost' or
-                          self._host[0] == '/') and
--                        not os.access ("/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb", os.F_OK)):
-+                        not os.access ("%%PREFIX%%/libexec/cups/backend/smb", os.F_OK)):
-                         p = subprocess.Popen (["gpk-install-package-name",
-                                                "samba-client"],
-                                               close_fds=True,
-@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@
+--- newprinter.py.orig	2015-01-13 11:56:34.450684352 +0100
++++ newprinter.py	2015-01-13 11:57:28.467679877 +0100
+@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@
+ 
+                             (self._host == 'localhost' or
+                              self._host[0] == '/') and
+-                            not os.access ("/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb", os.F_OK)):
++                            not os.access ("%%PREFIX%%/libexec/cups/backend/smb", os.F_OK)):
+                             debugprint ("No smb backend so attempting install")
+                             try:
+                                 pk = installpackage.PackageKit ()
+@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@
                  host = device.uri[s:s+e]
          # Try to get make and model via SNMP
          if host:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
              debugprint (host + ": " + repr(args))
              stdout = None
              try:
-@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@
+@@ -3842,7 +3842,7 @@
                  try:
                      # We want this to be in the current natural language,
                      # so we intentionally don't set LC_ALL=C here.
diff --git a/print/system-config-printer/pkg-plist b/print/system-config-printer/pkg-plist
index 5ee58d7394a8..7885af4d601d 100644
--- a/print/system-config-printer/pkg-plist
+++ b/print/system-config-printer/pkg-plist
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ etc/xdg/autostart/print-applet.desktop
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cupshelpers/xmldriverprefs.pyo
 man/man1/system-config-printer-applet.1.gz
 man/man1/system-config-printer.1.gz
+share/appdata/system-config-printer.appdata.xml
 share/applications/system-config-printer.desktop
 share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.fedoraproject.Config.Printing.xml
 share/dbus-1/services/org.fedoraproject.Config.Printing.service
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-printer.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-printer.mo
 share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-printer.mo
 share/system-config-printer/HIG.py
+share/system-config-printer/OpenPrintingRequest.py
 share/system-config-printer/PhysicalDevice.py
 share/system-config-printer/SearchCriterion.py
 share/system-config-printer/ToolbarSearchEntry.py