The dialog to configure the CUPS server browse timeout settings is shown here. Browse timeout settings include:
Browse Interval
Browse Timeout
The time between browsing updates in seconds. The default is 30 seconds.
Note that browsing information is sent whenever a printer's state changes as well, so this represents the maximum time between updates.
Set this to 0 to disable outgoing broadcasts so your local printers are not advertised, but you can still see printers on other hosts.
The timeout (in seconds) for network printers - if we don't get an update within this time, the printer will be removed from the printer list.
This number definitely should not be less than the browse interval period, for obvious reasons. Defaults to 300 seconds.
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