[xubuntu-users] Printer Problems with 14.10

[Peter Flynn]

On 12/05/2014 12:24 PM, John Deakin wrote:
> Ever since I have updated to Xubuntu 14.10 I have continued to have
> printer problems. I can set the printer up fine and things work OK but
> periodically the tick box "Enabled" in Policies|State gets unticked and
> the print routine reports the printer disconnected.
> 
> Now that I know what the problem is I can go back and re-tick Enabled
> but it is annoying to have to keep on doing so. Does anyone know a fix
> to this problem?

Nope. This is CUPS at its worst. It is badly over-sensitive to whatever
network-monitoring libraries it uses, and enables and disables printers
at will, even when they are perfectly well connected.

///Peter