System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

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

    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 filter was deleted.


    # lpfilter -f filter-name -l
    

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

Example—Deleting a Print Filter

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


# lpfilter -f daisytroff -x