Why is my CUPS printer disabled in RHEL

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Issue

  • The printer queue queue was found in disabled state on node host.
  • Printer job disabled on the server suddenly.
  • Printer not working. When we checked on server was always showing disabled.
  • We have received incident for printer disable. Could you please let us know why printer is disabled.
  • Frequently printer goes disable state
  • We had an issue for a printer on the server. We need to know why printer went to disable state and any precautionary measures that can be taken to avoid this issue in future.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), all versions
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), all versions

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