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Unshares printers and disables Printer Sharing
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unshare_all_printers.sh
#!/bin/bash
#while read -r _ _ printer _; do
# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p "${printer/:}" -o printer-is-shared=false
#done < <(/usr/bin/lpstat -v)
# Slightly faster when there are a lot of printers
lpstat -p | grep printer | cut -d" " -f2 | xargs -I{} lpadmin -p {} -o printer-is-shared=false
# Also disable Printer Sharing in the Sharing pane
cupsctl --no-share-printers
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