Printer install problem

[Peter Flynn]

On 25/07/2023 21:46, gene heskett wrote:

> Send your browser to localhost:631/printers, using a browser that 
> doesn't steal localhost for google junk.

And one that does not hang when asked to authenticate.

> if you have printers you can delete but are recreated by the time the
> screen is refreshed after they have been deleted, cups-browsed is
> doing it.
Very useful, thank you. I did wonder where this kind of bogus claptrap 
was coming from (in addition to my regularly configured printer):

>> HP_OfficeJet_Pro_7720_series_62189F_	
>> HP OJ 7720	
>> Study	
>> HP OfficeJet Pro 7720 series, driverless, cups-filters 1.27.4

> Purge it, removing all its config stuff, then if needed, reinstall 
> hplip.

Very useful, thank you.

Peter