How to Delete a Printer and Remove Printer Access

1. Become an administrator on a print client with access to the printer to delete.
2. On the system that is the print client, delete information about the printer.

   $ lpoptions -x printer-name

   printer-name

   Specifies the name of the printer to delete.

   –x

   Deletes the specified printer.

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   Note - The –x option only removes the default options for a specific printer and instance. The original print queue still remains until it is deleted by using the lpadmin command.

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3. Become an administrator.
4. On the system that is the printer server, stop accepting print requests for the printer.

   $ cupsreject printer-name

   This step prevents any new requests from entering the printer's queue while you are in the process of removing the printer.

5. Stop the printer.

   $ cupsdisable printer-name

6. Delete the printer.

   $ lpadmin -x printer-name

7. Verify that the printer has been deleted, as follows:
   1. Confirm that the printer has been deleted on the print client.

      $ lpstat 
      
      -l -p printer-name

      The command output displays a message indicating the printer does not exist.

   2. Confirm that the printer has been deleted on the print server.

      $ lpstat 
      
      -l -p printer-name

      The command output displays a message indicating that the printer does not exist.

The following example shows how to delete the printer luna from the print client terra and from the print server jupiter.

terra# lpoptions -x luna
terra# lpstat 

-l -p luna
jupiter# lpadmin -x luna
jupiter# lpstat 

-l -p luna
lpstat: Invalid destination name in list "luna"!