[Cialug] Fwd: [DM-MUG] Printer Problems

Tom Pohl tom at tcpconsulting.com
Wed Jan 17 08:44:38 CST 2007


I don't have a lot to add, but it is pretty cool that you can use the  
cups web interface (while on your local mac) to monitor/manage your  
printers too:

http://localhost:631

-Tom

On Jan 16, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> I know this is a Mac issue, but thought maybe you might have some  
> ideas from the *nix side of things. Any ideas?
>
> Stuart
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Stuart Thiessen <sthiessen at passitonservices.org>
>> Date: January 15, 2007 22:24:18 CST
>> To: dmmug at dmmug.org
>> Subject: [DM-MUG] Printer Problems
>> Reply-To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>>
>> I use a Mac Mini (PowerPC) at home running the latest Tiger  
>> updates. Lately, I have noticed 2 problems:
>>
>> 1) I can't get the webserver to stay up. It wants to forget to  
>> stay on. I use it for sharing iCals calendar information between  
>> my home computer and my work laptop. So it is annoying when I have  
>> to restart the webserver to make sharing happen.
>>
>> 2) Every so often, the printer refuses to print. Jobs accumulate  
>> in the queue and the queue refuses to start. You click start and  
>> it pauses a few seconds and returns to a Jobs Stopped state. Any  
>> ideas? I've tested this with both a printer using USB and network  
>> connections. Same problem.
>>
>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Stuart Thiessen
>>
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