Latest CUPS killed all my OS X printers

[Michael Sweet]

germ wrote:
> 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.

The installer *does* issue the commands, however that doesn't always
work. :(

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