Rename printer under CUPS & HPLIP
 

Running CUPS 1.4.6 on Slackware 13.37 w/ HPLIP 3.12.10
Have printers defined & running then Dah! how to rename.
On some systems I see it is done in /etc/print.conf on some in CUPS by selecting printer name with RIGHT click. Neither of these works here.
Has anyone else figured this out?

HPLIP normally picks up the default names of printers as assigned by HP.

According to the HPLIP knowledge base, you might be able to do it with the hp-devicesettings utility.

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...esettings.html

I would rather not test this myself, because my printer works great and I'm chicken.

I did look at the network interface for my printer and found nothing that appeared to relate to changing names.

Thank U, frankbell, I agree and after fighting with HP and this HP Deckjet 1000 J110 I think I will just create 2 more printers like the ones I have then if they work I'll zap the former 2.
I get so disappointed with HP every time I have to fiddle with the thing its been a year, a replacement and a second hplip and it still overprints every page but the first one.

That does remind me that, when I was setting up a printer with hp-setup, I was prompted to enter a name for the printer. I'd forgotten about that.

Sounds like a workaround.