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delete printer, it returns

Asked by Jon Potter

Ubuntu 16.04. trying to delete a printer. I go to system settings, printers, right click. select delete. In the "really delete dialog box I click on Delete. the printer disappears. in about 5 seconds it is back. how do I get rid of the printer permanently ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Is the printer powered on when you do this ?

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Jon Potter (jontp) said : 		#2

Both yes and no. Yes the first few times. Then I powered the printer off. After a few more attempts I removed the USB cable at the printer end.  Same result in all cases.

Maybe even more perplexing, I do not know how the printers got there. The computer had crashed. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 from a DVD. I used the option to wipe the drive and repartition the disk.  I did the updates, then upgraded to 16.04.  I went in to add the printer and it was already there, as was a printer that is directly connected to another PC on the same subnet.  Both printers were shown as off line. I recycled the one attached to the PC I had just rebuilt. No difference. I then tried to delete them. That is when I noticed that they disappeared from the dialog box and came right back.

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