At work I print to a network printer, then release my print at any one of the hundreds of printers dotted around campus. The make and model show up as:
Sharp MX-5141N PS, 1.0
I set my computer up to connect to the printer on the appropriate URI using the ldp:
protocol. I install the provided ppd
driver. Once I've done this I can print to the network printers for a short time.
My question is that after a short amount of time (typically < 12 hours) Ubuntu automatically updates the printer I just set up and replaces the ldp
with a local connection to the same printer shared through a colleague's MacBook. Through this indirect connect I can't (and don't want to) print.
How can I:
- Stop Ubuntu replacing my printer configuration with the shared printer it finds?
- Or, stop Ubuntu browsing for printers altogether (note:
Browsing Off
is already set in/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
)
I've already checked out the responses to Stop Ubuntu discovering printers but this did not answer my question (I'm not looking to 'bump' my printer to the top of the list; I want to stop its settings being overridden).
Thanks.