Uninstalling the printer driver (Linux®)

To uninstall the printer driver, do the following:

 

  1. Login as a superuser (or use "sudo" option if it is required).
     
  2. Uninstall the CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver.

    Command (for dpkg) : dpkg -P (pdrv-driver-name)
    Command (for rpm)  : rpm -e (pdrv-driver-name)
    Example (for dpkg) | Example (for rpm)
     
  3. Check the uninstallation (CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver).

    Command (for dpkg) : dpkg -l | grep Brother
    Command (for rpm)  : rpm -qa | grep -e (pdrv-driver-name)
    Example (for dpkg) | Example (for rpm)
     

Example
Uninstall the CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver (dpkg)

# dpkg -P pj883pdrv
(Reading database … 354085 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pj883pdrv (1.2.0-0) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/pj883pdrv.prerm: 3: /var/lib/dpkg/info/pj883pdrv.prerm: /opt/brother/Ptouch/pj883/cupswrapper/cupswrapperpj883: not found
[ ok ] Restarting cups (via systemctl): cups.service.
Purging configuration files for pj883pdrv (1.2.0-0) ...
[ ok ] Restarting cups (via systemctl): cups.service.
#


Uninstall the CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver (rpm)

# rpm -e pj883pdrv
/opt/brother/Ptouch/pj883/cupswrapper/cupswrapperpj883: line 43: lpadmin: command not found
warning: file /opt/brother/Ptouch/pj883/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1: remove failed: No such file or directory
#


Check the uninstallation (CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver) (dpkg)

# dpkg -l | grep Brother
#


Check the uninstallation (CUPS wrapper/LPR printer driver) (rpm)

# rpm -qa | grep -e pj883pdrv
#

 

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Related Models

PJ-822, PJ-823, PJ-862, PJ-863, PJ-883

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