[cups.general] Latest CUPS killed all my OS X printers

[Marc]

Germ,

While I am not a fan with how Apple implemented CUPS in OS X necessarily, it 
might not have been CUPS that killed your printers....

Some items for you to consider

If you were running a customized version of a conf file you should be aware that 
  updating OS X overwrites the files.

If you are installing a non-OS X version of CUPS then you should indicate 
specifics.... I really haven't had much of a problem with CUPS on OS X except 
for using as against a non OS X cups version as a print server from 10.3 to 
10.4.9 (there have been some little troubles from time to time... but nothing 
that killed CUPS altogethr)

OS X updates invariably require rebooting,  but your last comment suggests you 
have not done this.....  why?  did you kill cups before you updated? is cups 
running and if so which version?

There are (what, anomalies?) in OS X between gui and kernel and gui and packages 
like cups,  but you haven't provided much to go on....

reboot the machine.

Is cups even running (I am assuming if you are updating cups that you can use 
terminal to determine what cups is doing...)

identify whether you are using OS X's CUPS or something you downloaded and if 
the latter detail all the steps you took to remove the OS X version as well as 
the steps you took to install the version you say you just installed.

identify whether you customized the cups or client conf files

indicate whether you are using remote print servers,  local printers, etc.

what is in /Library/Printers

what is in the logfile

hey...  isn't there something that suggests that one do all that before writing 
to the list and saying CUPS doesn't work?


germ wrote:
> Sorry if this is not the right forum...
> 
> Installed the latest CUPS on Mac OS X 10.4.9, and not only did this
> delete all my printers, but any attempts of adding a new printer does
> not work.
> 
> Tried so far, unsuccessfully:
> o Reset printing system
> o Repaired permissions (lots of permissions in CUPS directories "fixed")
> o Run the shareware Printer Repair (or similar name).
> 
> The next thing I am going to try is to restart the machine. 
> 
> This is kind of disappointing as the previous versions of CUPS never
> gave me any trouble.
> 
> Am I the only one with problems?
>