On May 22, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
After several removes and reinstalls, odd error message is still
given:
client-error-request-value-too-long.
This is a CUPS error. Most likely CUPS isn't running.
Here's a copy of an old post on this subject:
The two most recent Apple Security Updates (Security Update 2009-007
and Security Update 2009-007 1.1) broke the printing on almost all my
Macs running Tiger or Leopard. Somehow CUPS was disabled and non-
functional. To check if your CUPS is working, go to this link:
<http://localhost:631/>
in any browser and if it says it "can't connect to
server then your CUPS is broken and you can't print.
There's probably some simple Terminal command to restart CUPS? I
don't know it, and haven't found one. In Tiger you can reinstall CUPS
by downloading the latest version for Tiger here:
<ftp://ftp.cups.org/pub/cups/1.2.12/cups-1.2.12.dmg>
For Leopard, the solution isn't clear to me. Leopard used CUPS
version 1.3 or newer, and since Apple purchased CUPS they've not been
posting installable .dmg files of the CUPS software. There is a
solution noted on MacFixIt for using the pay for program Printer
Setup Repair. It says to use the utility Printer Setup Repair and
select the "Start cupsd" function from its CUPS Tools. Only one
problem, it also says this "This fix should prove effective until the
next restart," so evidently this isn't a permanent fix for Leopard
users, and also requires they have paid for Printer Setup Repair.
Even worse is that the current version of Printer Setup Repair isn't
"Leopard compatible", although I gather people have used it to repair
this issue. See:
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20071221121904660>
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