cupsd process not starting

[Michael Sweet]

msanta at nycboe.mnet wrote:
> The cupsd process for some reason is not starting during the boot up
> process therefore I can't see my printers. As soon as I start it
> using the Printer Setup Repair program everything goes well. The
> problem is when I restart, the cupsd process stops again. I tried
> using the same utility to change from automatic hostconfig to yes but
> still no luck. What can I do to solve this issue?

OK, I'm going out on a limb and say you are running MacOS X 10.4.
(kinda hard to be sure, since you didn't mention that fact...)

Anyways, if my guess is correct, you are running into a known
"feature" that was added in 10.4 where cupsd is only run as needed.
However, the auto-start only works when connecting to the domain
socket (/var/run/cupsd) and not via the network sockets.

The quickest fix is to go into system preferences, open the sharing
pane, and check "printer sharing" to get cupsd to run all of the time.

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