10.7: MacPorts CUPS-PDF 2.5.1 not printing
Aug 18, '11 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: ChipMck
The MacPorts CUPS-PDF 2.5.1 port would not produce a printer, the 'backend' part. In Terminal, I found the file /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf is set up as a symlink (root:wheel) to file /opt/local/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf (my_user-id:staff).
I finally did as follows:
- Renamed the symlink file with a '_x' suffix.
- Copied the actual file /opt/local/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf over to the folder /usr/libexec/cups/backend/.
- Typed in sudo chown root:wheel /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf.
And now, MacPorts CUPS-PDF produces PDFs.
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. It's strange that the symlink should break like that. I suppose it's a permissions issue.]
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