CUPS creates printers with the same name but with "@some.ip.address" as a suffix
Issue
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We have 6 printers configured. When we add a printer, 3 printers appear automatically appear with the same name. For example:
laserprinter laserprinter@192.168.10.1 laserprinter@192.168.20.2 inkjetprinter inkjetprinter@192.168.10.1 inkjetprinter@192.168.20.2 -
Print queue names are appended with @print server name:
# lpstat -a |grep @ jetprint010@pqprint1 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint011@pqprint1 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint012@pqprint1 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint025@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint026@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint027@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint028@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint029@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint030@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint031@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint032@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint033@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST jetprint034@pqprint3 accepting requests since Mon 02 Nov 2015 08:31:12 AM CST
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.4.2
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