[MacTUG] Can't open print queue

Dani Roloson daroloso at mfcf.math.uwaterloo.ca
Fri Nov 11 10:46:39 EST 2011


> From daroloso Wed May 25 14:12:34 2011
> To: mactug at lists.uwaterloo.ca
> Subject: Can't open print queue
> 
> System Preferences -> Print & Fax -> Open Print Queue
> does nothing.
> 
> Your Home folder -> Library -> Printers
> has all the icons greyed out and have the Do Not symbol.
> If I try to open one of these, it claims damaged or incomplete.
> On a working system, it opens the print queue.
> 
> Seems to be across all the machines that I imaged both 10.6.5
> from last term and 10.6.7 from this term.  
> 
> Seems to work for local accounts and fail for remote accounts.
> 
> http://localhost:631/jobs/ seems to be a workaround for now.

/Network/Servers/smb-files.math.uwaterloo.ca/cifs.homedir/MacProfile/Library/Printers
-> /Volumes/Scratch/%@/Library/Printers

fixes that.

Dani
MFCF


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