Hi Terry
I have had this issue as well with HP Printer. I believe it is the HPLip
which is picking up the network device name 684EAD and trying to be
clever and setup the Printer. I never found a way to get rid of it but
renamed it so I knew not to use that one.
regards
Tim H
On 20/08/2025 11:17, Terry Coles wrote:
Hi,
I recently had to re-configure all my network devices so that they
could be accessed via the new EE Router. Most of them sorted
themselves out because I had previously configured them to have Static
IP Addresses.
My HP Printer however, proved to be a bit of a pain. I use the HP
Device Manager (HPLIP) to set it up and it works fine. There is
however one niggle; a printer that appears in the drop list when I
select Print in an application, but doesn't actually work.
If you look at the screenshot at
https://hadrian-way.co.uk/Misc/Screenshot_20250820_103716.png you will
see that the System Settings tool list four devices; my brother laser
printer and then three HP devices. The problem is that the two HP
printers both show up, but the one labelled 'Series [684EAD] doesn't
work. If I try to delete this, it simply comes back>
Can anyone suggest how I can get rid of this? I've tried attaching it
to an HP CUPS driver (it shows up as driverless), but that doesn't
work either. It's confusing as it is, so any ideas?
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