On Sun 19 Jun 2022 at 14:54:58 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-06-19 at 14:50, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 19 Jun 2022 at 08:48:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > >> cups has an annoying habit of considering any printer it scanning > >> protocol detects as precious. To me its a bug. > > > > I do not understand what you are trying to say here. What is this > > "scanning protocol"? > > I interpret this as being a reference to the (IIRC) mDNS-based system by > which CUPS detects that printers are present on the network.
Possibly. The OP will presumably confirm or not > > What does being "precious" involve? > > I'm less certain about this, but my guess is that it means that CUPS > insists on having these detected printers listed as available, rather > than permitting them to be deleted from the list of available printers > and having them remain that way. You (or the OP) would have to say what is meant by "delete". CUPS essentially *discover* printers. It is why it exists. Is that not wanted? -- Brian.
