rename printer

[leona]

Hi there

ya me again, when I installed the drivers for my hp printer (networked)I seem to have made a mistake with its name, its for some reason now called 'n', erm, its it easy to change its name, I can't see that opion in the properties, is it possible to change its name to something more appropriate or do I have to reinstall it?

Thanks.

[leona]

erm ^bump^ anyone? sorry

[prshah]

Hi there
seem to have made a mistake with its name, its for some reason now called 'n', erm, its it easy to change its name,

backup and edit printers.conf file

sudo cp /etc/cups/printers.conf ~ 
sudo gedit /etc/cups/printers.conf

Look for a line
<Printer n> or <DefaultPrinter n>
and change the "n" to whatever you want. (No spaces or special characters except "_" allowed in the name). Then restart cups

sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

If something goes wrong, just put back the old file

sudo rm /etc/cups/printers.conf
sudo cp ~/printers.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

[leona]

Thank you, that worked a trest xx

[noynac]

I renamed my printer by changing <Printer Deskjet_6980_series> to <Printer Deskjet>. After making this change and resetting the printer, it would not print a page properly (it spit out many pages with odd text). I tried rebooting and changing the DeviceURI, but that didn't help either.

<Printer Deskjet_6980_series>
Info HP Deskjet 6980 series
DeviceURI hp:/usb/Deskjet_6980_series?serial=MY76M1R0YX04YX
State Idle
StateTime 1210174825
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job

[prshah]

I renamed my printer by changing <Printer Deskjet_6980_series> to <Printer Deskjet>. After making this change and resetting the printer, it would not print a page properly (it spit out many pages with odd text).

Did you remember to restart cups after changing the name? There was no call to change the URI.

Anyway, restore the backup copy, restart cups, and check if everything is OK. If it isn't maybe you should delete and reinstall the printer.

[noynac]

Did you remember to restart cups after changing the name? There was no call to change the URI.

Anyway, restore the backup copy, restart cups, and check if everything is OK. If it isn't maybe you should delete and reinstall the printer.

I did restart cups and, just to be sure, rebooted the computer. This didn't help.

I restored the backup copy which got things working again. The name thing is not a big one for me, so I'll just leave things as they are. Thanks for the response.

[prshah]

Thank you, that worked a trest xx

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