<div dir="ltr">Hi Mark,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Mark Fraser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfraz74+ubuntu@gmail.com" target="_blank">mfraz74+ubuntu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've recently started seeing the error "Print service is unavailable bad file<br>
descriptor" when trying to print or when going into Printers in Settings. I've<br>
been able to get it working again by restarting cups, but I shouldn't need to.<br>
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There's this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1393281" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1393281</a> bug<br>
report on Launchpad, but that has expired.<br>
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Is anyone else seeing this or know how to solve it?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There have been two Cups updates in Kubuntu 14.10 since the release IIRC, I see no such errors here when I print (I don't print often, but it worked quite fine last week). Using an old LaserJet 6L connected over USB. Mind you, this can depend on a lot of factors, starting from the way the printer is connected to the printer itself.<br><br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Myriam<br><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE:<br><a href="http://www.fsfe.org" target="_blank">http://www.fsfe.org</a><br>Please don't send me proprietary file formats,<br>use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300)</div>
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