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How do I change the name of a printer in GNOME 3?

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I'm using Cinnamon as my desktop environment, which is based on GNOME 3.

I've added two network printers, but I want to give them better names such as "Colour" and "Black-and-White".

The name field of the printer in the Printing dialog box appears to be editable but every time I change it, it reverts back to the original name.

How can I rename my printers?

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answered 2 Years ago ciousuntru · Accepted Answer

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 ;)