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Title:
How do I get rid of a ghost printer in Gnome?
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I had a similar problem:
![printer list.png]([<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/27yUb.png" alt="printer list.png">](<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/27yUb.png" alt="printer list.png">))
The bottom printer is from an older installation. I edited the file:
$ sudo -H gedit /etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.1.3
# Written by cupsd
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
<DefaultPrinter DCP-7065DN>
UUID urn:uuid:1a785efb-bce4-35dd-7e44-c4fd53bb429a
Info Brother DCP-7065DN
(... SNIP ...)
</DefaultPrinter>
<Printer DCP7065DN>
UUID urn:uuid:46e866c1-3ab2-324b-65fd-30d2fee77f85
Info DCP7065DN
(... SNIP ...)
</Printer>
So I deleted the second entry…
<Printer DCP7065DN>
UUID urn:uuid:46e866c1-3ab2-324b-65fd-30d2fee77f85
Info DCP7065DN
(... SNIP ...)
</Printer>
… and saved the file.
A reboot is necessary for changes to take effect.
There is also a printer definition file in /etc/cups/ppd:
So I removed this file too:
$ ll /etc/cups/ppd
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 Aug 10 2018 ./
drwxr-xr-x 5 root lp 4096 Nov 10 09:59 ../
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 8191 Aug 10 2018 DCP-7065DN.ppd
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 10537 Aug 7 2018 DCP7065DN.ppd
$cat /etc/cups/ppd/DCP7065DN.ppd
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%================================================
*% Copyright Brother Industries,Ltd 2006-2008
*% "Brother DCP7065DN for CUPS"
*%================================================
(... SNIP ...)
*UIConstraints: *InputSlot MANUAL *Duplex DuplexTumble
*UIConstraints: *InputSlot MANUAL *Duplex DuplexNoTumble
$ sudo rm -f /etc/cups/ppd/DCP7065DN.ppd