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A fix for error 1282 when adding a printer
Authored by: seann on Jul 25, '03 09:09:15PM
This has been a standard trouble shooting step for many months for myself. Also, this thread may shed some light on some other trouble shooting tips:
deletion of cups
Also
indepth for printer recovery
And my version:

You must be logged in as an Admin user. Follow these steps:
1. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/).
2. At the prompt type: sudo su
3. Type your Admin user password when
prompted, and then press Return. 4. Type: cd /var/spool/
5. Press Return
6. Type: rm –R cups
7. Press Return
8. Type: mkdir cups
9. Press Return.
10. Type: cd cups
11. Press Return.
12. Type: mkdir tmp
13. Press Return.
14. Type cd ..
15. Press Return
16. Type: chown –R daemon:admin cups
17. Press Return.
18. Type: exit
19. Press Return
20. Type: exit
21. Quit Terminal. (If it asks, Yes we really do want to Quit)


You now have the choice of either restarting the computer to make sure the changes will take place, or you can go ahead to try and see if your Print Center will add your printer or if your queue will now restart.

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A fix for error 1282 when adding a printer
Authored by: kay on Aug 24, '03 02:57:46PM

I have tried to use this solution on my g4...after restarting my mac...nothing happend...i still have the anoying error message



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A fix for error 1282 when adding a printer
Authored by: ames27 on Feb 23, '05 03:05:59PM

This script finally worked for me - I don't know the languages at all, so the adding tmp files, deleting CUPS directories, whatever, was making no sense and the script on the Apple site did not work at all. This particular script worked upon restart and now I even have an old printer back in Print Center that had been long gone. ! Thanks!



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