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I have a printer that no longer runs with CUPS 2.4.1. In the past, I have been able to delete it from CUPS and then reinstall it to get it working again. Now when I attempt to delete it in CUPS, I get the message "Printer deleted successfully" but the printer will not go away. It is no longer functional from my laptop.

I am running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on a Lenovo ThinkPad. The printer works OK from my desktop system running Linux Mint.

The only thing I did differently the last time I configured the printer with CUPS is I tried using the Printer's name (EPSON6055F4) instead of its IP address when configuring IPP Everywhere. I have found a whole bunch of CUPS files on my laptop, but I don't think deleting any of them without knowing what I am doing is a good idea. Anyone have any ideas?

Well I still can't delete this printer from CUPS, but it has mysteriously started working again.

massasauga
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I think I figured the answer to my question: cups ipp everywhere printer won't delete

Follow the steps below to remove the configuration file for the printer.

  1. cd /etc/cups
  2. ls
  3. sudo less printers.conf (lets you read the printers.conf file)
  4. sudo rm printers.conf (lets you remove the printers.conf file)

This is what I would try if I need to delete a printer that I can't delete from CUPS. This should subsequently allow reconfiguring the printer in CUPS.

massasauga
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I had a similar problem with CUPS. I had one printer connected to the office LAN. On my main PC, the network was automatically scanned and mutiple entries made for drivers that matched the printer. It was a pain in the bottom! The solution I found in the end was to to disable a process called "cups-browsed" as follows:

$ sudo systemctl stop cups-browsed

Followed by

$ sudo systemctl disable cups-browsed

All three entries for the printers disappeared so I manually installed my printer and all is well. I tried reversing the process as follows:

$ sudo systemctl enable cups-browsed

Followed by

$ sudo systemctl start cups-browsed

One additional printer appeared in my CUPS list but repeating the original instructions removed it again. This suggests that disabling and re-enabling does "tidy up" the "cups-browsed" but I disabled it again anyway. It's much less confusing just to have one entry for each printer.

Gannet
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