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I have a big issue after installation of Catalina. Each time I try to print (whatever the program), the program crashed instantaneously... It happens by using the shortcut (apple+P) or by clicking in the program menu...
Solution?
Thank ;)
Can you post the crash log? There are Preview crashes in Console->Crash Reports.
There should also be information on why Printers & Scanners isn't opening.
Does it happen from other apps? With other printers?
You can try resetting the print system from Terminal, but you'll need to re-add your printers.
sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
sudo cp /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
sudo rm /etc/cups/printers.conf
sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd
Hope this helps.
Can you post the crash log? There are Preview crashes in Console->Crash Reports.
There should also be information on why Printers & Scanners isn't opening.
Does it happen from other apps? With other printers?
You can try resetting the print system from Terminal, but you'll need to re-add your printers.
sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
sudo cp /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
sudo rm /etc/cups/printers.conf
sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd
Hope this helps.
For instance the crash report after trying to print in Thunderbird.
It happens for a lot of apps (thunderbird, Word, Powerpoint, Ichat...) but not for Chrome, not for Calendar. In fact I do not have the time to choose the printer (virtual as pdf or real one), crash occurs just by clicking on print or typing the shortcut (apple+P)
I will try your solution and see...
Happy that worked.
It looks like this is crashing when the driver is going to get the supply levels.
Is there anything in Console for the Printers & Scanners crash? The process is:
com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice
If you find anything, you can send feedback to Apple:
to add information, I precise I do not want to print on printers but just print it in pdf for example. By the way I tried to see what happened in control panel but when I click "on printer and scanners" icon I got a message error saying " impossible to open the window"
It works ! by resetting the print system the problem disappears ! (of course I lost all my printers...) Thank you !
Nevertheless I cannot have access to printer preferences in the control panel... (still the same message)
Report related to com.apple.preference.printfax.remoteservice:
I will transmit it to Apple.
Best,
Thank you - hope they'll figure out why this is crashing.
Cantalina - programs crash on printing
