system-config-print/hplip causing 2 queues, how to disable ubuntu automatic printer detection?

[Aaron Albright]

HPLIP installed on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04. Installation went fine but now there are two almost identical printers listed in the CUPS front-end, system-config-printer 0.7.81 (in Hardy, System > Administration > Printing).

One of the printers appears to be using the HPLIP backend (Device URI says hp:/usb/Photosmart_C5100_series?serial=MY75AP90Q604MK and the make & model says HP Photosmart c5100 series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6.

The other printer listed seems to be autocreating itself using the "regular" (?) USB backend (Device URI says usb://HP/Photosmart%20C5100%20series?serial=MY75AP90Q604MK and make & model says HP Photosmart c5100 series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6).

It's confusing when printing to have two identical printers. Whenever I delete the USB printer, it reappears all by itself after a while. Any workarounds or suggestions appreciated!

Thank you.
Andre Madar

[Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount)]

hey Till,

Seems like I should know how to do this, but I can't find any instructions on the forums or google. Any ideas?

From hplip answers:
https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/39724

Thanks for your time.

Aaron

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

This is caused by bug 245199. system-config-printer relies on the correct output of hp-makeuri. With the current buggy hp-makeuri it does not get the "hp" backend URI and so it sets up the queue with the "usb" backend, and as such a queue is not there already it continues setting up the queue.