How to Delete a Print Filter

1. Log in as superuser, lp, or assume an equivalent role on the print server.

2. Delete the print filter.

   # lpfilter -f filter-name -x

   -f
   filter-name

   Specifies the name of the print filter to be deleted.

   -x

   Deletes the specified filter.

   The print filter is deleted from the print server's /etc/lp/filter.table file.

3. Verify that the filter was deleted.

   # lpfilter -f filter-name -l

   You should receive an error indicating that no filter by the specified name exists.

Example 8–10 Deleting a Print Filter

The following example shows how to delete the daisytroff print filter.

# lpfilter -f daisytroff -x