Cannot delete a printer

[dorlow]

I bought a new printer a week or so ago. I decided I'm returning it and bought a new one. I didn't do anything to install either of them. The OS just found it even though its only connected via IP Ethernet. But, Linux is still seeing the old printer. It's turned off and in a box. I delete the old printer, it disappears, then I refresh and it comes right back. Any ideas?

[majpooper]

What version of Linux Mint are you running? 19.x, 20.x 21 ? And what desktop environment? Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon

If Cinnamon do the following;
click on the menu
enter the word printer in the search box
click on the Print Settings icon
in the upper right of the Print Settings window click on Unlock
enter you user password in the Authentication box
Click on the printer you want to delete
The printer you want to delete should be hi-lited
right click the click on Delete
Click on Lock

That should do it

[dorlow]

Here's my info

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-52-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 wm: marco
dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy

I clicked on the menu and typed printer and selected it. (It was the same window I was already in.)

I don't see a print settings icon. Don't see an unlock button either.

See attached screenshot.

[majpooper]

Yeah - my instructions are for the Cinnamon desktop.
Someone with a MATE desktop the same as your's will have to chime in.

[cristiano]

Just in case, it worked for me:

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sudo systemctl stop cups-browsed`

it was enough to work for me, but iif still not works also try:

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`sudo systemctl disable cups-browsed`

I am using mint 21.1 and Cinammon

Cheers

[berniewalp]

Thank you! I put in those two commands:

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sudo systemctl stop cups-browsed
sudo systemctl disable cups-browsed

(both, without bothering to check whether the first sufficed)

Finally I was able to delete a printer I'd been trying to delete since installing Linux Mint 21.1 when the printer stopped responding. Then I installed the printer anew and everything works.