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I'm using Cinnamon as my desktop environment, which is based on GNOME 3.

I've added two network printers, but I want to give them better names such as "Colour" and "Black-and-White".

The name field of the printer in the Printing dialog box appears to be editable but every time I change it, it reverts back to the original name.

How can I rename my printers?

Eliah Kagan
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I've had a lot of issues setting up networked printers in GNOME. The only way I found to get everything set up was by installing the package system-config-printer-gnome and then running the command system-config-printer. From here I'm able to do some advanced printer setup as well as rename my printers (just checked it ;)

Chuck R
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There's a way to edit the printer names without installing any new packages:

  • Stop the CUPS service (sudo service cups stop)
  • Open /etc/cups/printers.conf (backup the file first!)
  • Find the <Printer PRINTER_NAME_HERE> line
  • Change PRINTER_NAME_HERE to whatever name you want
  • Restart CUPS (sudo service cups start)
That Brazilian Guy
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This might not apply to Cinammon, but it does apply to GNOME 3, so it answers the titular question.

  • Open the Activities overview and start typing Printers.
  • Click Printers to open the panel.
  • Click the Unlock button in the top-right corner and enter your password.
  • Click the name of your printer, and start typing a new name for the printer.
  • Press Enter to save your changes.

(Source: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/printing-name-location.html.en.)

Emphasis added. At time of writing, on at least some versions of GNOME 3, there is no UI indication, until you click the name of the printer, that it is in fact editable.