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How do I remove printer that is no longer used?


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The MG2220 printer is no longer connected to my computer.



Yet lpstat is still showing it.



How can I get that removed?



$ lpstat -p
printer Canon_TS9100_series is idle. enabled since Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:41:26 PM CDT
printer HL-2240-series is idle. enabled since Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:28:52 PM CDT
printer MG2200-series is idle. enabled since Wed 20 Feb 2019 10:50:51 AM CST









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    Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

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  • @Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

    – fixit7
    12 mins ago






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    Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

    – Sarriman
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The MG2220 printer is no longer connected to my computer.



Yet lpstat is still showing it.



How can I get that removed?



$ lpstat -p
printer Canon_TS9100_series is idle. enabled since Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:41:26 PM CDT
printer HL-2240-series is idle. enabled since Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:28:52 PM CDT
printer MG2200-series is idle. enabled since Wed 20 Feb 2019 10:50:51 AM CST









share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

    – Sarriman
    1 hour ago













  • @Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

    – fixit7
    12 mins ago






  • 1





    Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

    – Sarriman
    3 mins ago














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The MG2220 printer is no longer connected to my computer.



Yet lpstat is still showing it.



How can I get that removed?



$ lpstat -p
printer Canon_TS9100_series is idle. enabled since Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:41:26 PM CDT
printer HL-2240-series is idle. enabled since Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:28:52 PM CDT
printer MG2200-series is idle. enabled since Wed 20 Feb 2019 10:50:51 AM CST









share|improve this question
















The MG2220 printer is no longer connected to my computer.



Yet lpstat is still showing it.



How can I get that removed?



$ lpstat -p
printer Canon_TS9100_series is idle. enabled since Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:41:26 PM CDT
printer HL-2240-series is idle. enabled since Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:28:52 PM CDT
printer MG2200-series is idle. enabled since Wed 20 Feb 2019 10:50:51 AM CST






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    Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

    – Sarriman
    1 hour ago













  • @Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

    – fixit7
    12 mins ago






  • 1





    Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

    – Sarriman
    3 mins ago














  • 1





    Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

    – Sarriman
    1 hour ago













  • @Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

    – fixit7
    12 mins ago






  • 1





    Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

    – Sarriman
    3 mins ago








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Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

– Sarriman
1 hour ago







Have you tried editing the printers.conf file? Usually located under /etc/cups/

– Sarriman
1 hour ago















@Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

– fixit7
12 mins ago





@Sarriman Do I delete this and everything below it? </DefaultPrinter> <Printer MG2200-series>

– fixit7
12 mins ago




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Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

– Sarriman
3 mins ago





Those are xml formatted data. Be sure to remove the hole entry, or any other entry that you may like. If you are uncertain, create a backup file by sudo cp printer.conf ./printers.conf.backup, just in case something goes bad.

– Sarriman
3 mins ago










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