f9 cups: can't delete printer - URI file://dev/null

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 18 January 2009 23:13:18 sean darcy wrote:
> For some reason a number of my printers have Device URI: file://dev/null.
>
> I can't delete them. I tried System-> Admin -> Printing. I also tried
> from the CUPS interface :631.
>
> I looked around for the cups config file that has these printers, but
> couldn't find them.
>
> And, of course, they have similar names to the regular printers ( in
> fact, the best names ) since the new queues were set up later. This
> generates lots of calls wanting to know why the printer doesn't work.
>
Can you see them on localhost:631?  If so, did you go to the Admin page and 
give the root password before trying to delete them?

Anne
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