Q: lprpmd hogging CPU after Sierra upgrade
Hi all,
Since upgrading my MBP to Sierra, I've noticed there's a process called lprpmd that's constantly consuming over 90% CPU. It wasn't doing so before, and it means that whenever I run something else the fan's kicking in and disturbing the peace... Any ideas why this might be happening and how to fix it? (I've rebooted, but no difference).
Cheers,
Gary
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12)
Posted on Sep 23, 2016 8:58 AM
Turns out lprpmd is the Ricoh Universal Printer driver, in my case part of the Ricoh GlobalEngine Print AddOn. You need to uninstall the AddOn using geprint-mac_Uninstall in Applications then reinstall the AddOn. You may get a range of errors when you try to do this, but when you're successful, lprpmd is back to 0% CPU.
Posted on Sep 28, 2016 2:33 AM