Author Topic: Delete Printers  (Read 415 times)

Offline Tyro65

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Delete Printers
« on: October 14, 2011, 06:24:10 PM »
I'm trying to delete some of the printers in "Configure Your Computer -- Hardware -- Set up the Printers . . ." but when I right-click on the printer icons the "Delete" option is greyed out.  How do I get rid of these unwanted printers?

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Re: Delete Printers
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 09:44:08 PM »
Hi Tyro65,
hmm. can't duplicate that.
Did you try removing from the >printer pull down menu?
Maybe log out your user, login as root & try from there.
btw, welcome to the forum. See you around.  ;D
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Re: Delete Printers
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 09:48:58 PM »
Have you tried doing it from CUPS? Open your web browser. Enter in the address bar: http://localhost:631. Click the Administration tab at top, then the Manage Printers button.

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Offline Tyro65

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Re: Delete Printers
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 10:12:07 PM »
Thank you, johnmart and djohnson, I'll try your suggestions.  I let you know how it goes.

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Re: Delete Printers
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2011, 08:44:54 PM »
djohnston,
Question: I never really used cups directly but I looked at it following some forum posts. When you do printer related stuff with PCC, does PCC work as a frontend for cups--is cups the master of print related stuff? A learning point for me.  :)
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