Latest CUPS killed all my OS X printers

[germ]

In article <29359-cups.general at news.easysw.com>, Michael Sweet
<mike at easysw.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> You need to either restart or try the following commands:
> 
>      sudo launchctl unload 
> /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist
>      sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist


The command worked! Afterwards, I was able to add my printers back. 
Thank you!


> 
> > 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).
> 
> None of these are suitable (or generally safe, since they'll break
> things) for CUPS 1.2.x.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Launchd can sometimes get confused when you do an update/install
> of an existing service...


Alright. Then, perhaps the installer should issue the command....or it
should be in the ReadMe, ReleaseNotes, etc.

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