[CentOS] CentOS 6.5 printer weirdness...

[Fred Smith]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 05:12:59PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> Ok, it is consistent and repeatable:
> 
> *Everytime* I do a routine 'yum update' on the CentOS 6.5 server (64-bit) the
> printers (both of them networked laser printers, one an [old] HP Laserjet 4200
> and one a [new] Brother MFC-9970CDW), cups loses the ability to print (its
> filter chain becomes broken). According to the CUPS mailing list, this error
> is 'never' because of of problem with cups, but always with the 'underlying
> operating system' -- eg the 'underlying operating system' has messed with the
> filters CUPS uses for the printers.
> 
> So is this a *known* problem?  Or is there something Redhat has done to the 
> distributed cups RPM (or is it something the CentOS developers have done to 
> the Redhat source rpm)?
> 
> I noticed that the update I just did included an updated cups RPM.
> 
> The *appearent* cure (workaround?) is to delete the printers, and re-install 
> them.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?

Not me.

I have two Brother printers at home, both networked, and my personal
workstation at home is Centos s6.5 64-bit. I've never seen that problem
with either printer, one of which uses the drivers shipped with Centos,
the other uses Brother's official drivers.


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