Disable "printer added" and "printer removed' notifications

[chris_77]

Hi,

Some automatically added printers tend to be unstable and are frequently removed then re-added. Is there a way to disable the "printer added" and "printer removed" notifications (I want to keep other notifications)?

[Cosmo.]

Most likely not possible, but:

What is your version of Mint and what is the desktop environment? If you don't know open a terminal and enter:

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inxi -Sz

Paste the output here.

[vilmos]

Hi,
I know that this is an old thread but I am also interested in disabling this notification. The output of the command is

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-121-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 

[Cosmo.]

I did not ask to get an answer 6 years later.

[vilmos]

I can relate with that, but as you can see I am not the original poster. Do you want me to open a separate question for the same topic? Thank you in advance.

I did not ask to get an answer 6 years later.

[antikythera]

If the printer is on the network (wired or wireless) do this:

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sudo systemctl disable avahi-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl mask avahi-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl mask avahi-daemon.service

Afterwards, reboot. Just to be clear, unless you have already installed and configured the printer manually by other means, it will not be detected again. In that situation you'd need to enter the IP address for the printer to install it for the first time after doing this.

[vilmos]

Thanks!
I think there's a typo in your code. Should be instead

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sudo systemctl disable avahi-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl mask avahi-daemon.socket
sudo systemctl mask avahi-daemon.service

If the printer is on the network (wired or wireless) do this:

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sudo sysctemctl disable avahi-daemon.socket
sudo sysctemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
sudo sysctemctl mask avahi-daemon.socket
sudo sysctemctl mask avahi-daemon.service

Afterwards, reboot. Just to be clear, unless you have already installed and configured the printer manually by other means, it will not be detected again. In that situation you'd need to enter the IP address for the printer to install it for the first time after doing this.

[antikythera]

yeah good spot on the typo but you got the gist