Instructions on uninstalling the printer driver are described in each distribution.

For Fedora 7 and openSUSE 10.3

If you want to uninstall the printer driver, start Linux and log in as root.

1. Delete the printer from the spooler.

Delete the registered printer from the spooler using the lpadmin command with the command line of the terminal software.

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -x [printer_name]

If the registered printer name is "IP4500."

[root@zzz /yyy]# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x IP4500

2. Uninstall the printer driver.

Uninstall the printer driver in order of the "model-specific package" and the "common package" from the command line of the terminal software.

1) Uninstalling the model-specific package

[root@zzz /yyy]# rpm -e cnijfilter-ip4500series

2) Uninstalling the common package

[root@zzz /yyy]# rpm -e cnijfilter-common

For Ubuntu 7.04

You must use the root authority when uninstalling the printer driver.
With Ubuntu, use the sudo command to uninstall the printer driver.

1. Delete the printer from the spooler.

Delete the registered printer from the spooler using the lpadmin command with the command line of the terminal software.

sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x [printer_name]

If the registered printer name is "IP4500."

[user@zzz /yyy]$ sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x IP4500

When asked for a password, enter the password of the user who is currently logged in.
In Ubuntu, the root password is not set as the default.

2. Uninstall the printer driver.

Uninstall the printer driver in order of the "model-specific package" and the "common package" from the command line of the terminal software.

1) Uninstalling the model-specific package

[user@zzz /yyy]$ sudo dpkg -P cnijfilter-ip4500series

2) Uninstalling the common package

[user@zzz /yyy]$ sudo dpkg -P cnijfilter-common