Cannot print on a networked iMAC

[Burnie West]

> Helge Blischke wrote:
> > ...
> > That file /private/var/run/cupsd should contain the PID of the
> > running cupsd (at least this is common on all Linuxes I know)
> > and thuns not having zero size.
>
> That's a Linux "extension" to CUPS that isn't supported or
> recommended.  PID files have a long list of common problems, which
> is why we don't use or support them in CUPS.
>
> That said, /private/var/run/cupsd *is* the correct domain socket
> path on Mac OS X, which does not exactly follow the Linux FHS
> directory structure.
>
> Everything looks OK, so my first guess would be firewall issues on
> either the Mac or Linux system.
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com

Helge -- on iMac cupsdisable; sudo rm /private/var/run/cupsd; cupsenable produces {error} on http://localhost:631/printers->printers;
rebooting iMac regenerates 0 size cupsd

Michael -- I'm unfamiliar with iMac. How do I temporarily disable its firewalls?