How do I change the name of a printer in GNOME 3?
I've had a lot of issues setting up networked printers in GNOME. The only way I found to get everything set up was by installing the package system-config-printer-gnome and then running the command system-config-printer. From here I'm able to do some advanced printer setup as well as rename my printers (just checked it ;)
There's a way to edit the printer names without installing any new packages:
- Stop the CUPS service (
sudo service cups stop) - Open
/etc/cups/printers.conf(backup the file first!) - Find the
<Printer PRINTER_NAME_HERE>line - Change PRINTER_NAME_HERE to whatever name you want
- Restart CUPS (
sudo service cups start)