CUPS Printer Error Log

Hi,

I was checking the Logs section in System Profiler and the following log caught my attention. The log is related to CUPS which is (as I understand) the printer manager in OSX. The log looks like this on screen:

*+Note: I had to put parenthesis instead of brackets because the date would otherwise be crossed out. In other words ( )=[ ] in the report.+*

error_log:
*Description: Printer Error Log*
*Size: 681 bytes*
*Location: /var/log/cups/error_log*

*Recent Comments: W(19/Nov/2010:22:34:23-0500) No limit for Validate-Job defined in policy authenticated using Print-Job's policy.* This same error repeats 4 more times and is the only error mentioned in the report. What I would like to know is what is this error about?, Is there a way to correct this?

An additional detail is that I haven't installed any printers on this computer since I reinstalled OSX in my machine a 2 weeks ago.

Thank you for any assistance in this matter.

2.53GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro 15" (Mid-2010), Mac OS X (10.6.4), 500GB HDD @ 7200rpm, 4GB 1067MHz DDR3 RAM, Intel HD + Nvidia 330m with 256MB

Posted on Nov 27, 2010 4:21 PM

37 replies

PAHU

Level 6

16,723 points

Dec 3, 2010 10:51 PM in response to vea1083

Your entries in the cups access log confirm the reset of the cups configuration daemon so that is a good outcome.

My cups error log has no mention of the validation warning message since the reset so I would expect yours to be the same.

So I would agree that you could safely mark this as solved.

vea1083 Author

Level 3

714 points

Dec 10, 2010 6:08 PM in response to PAHU

PAHU wrote:
Your entries in the cups access log confirm the reset of the cups configuration daemon so that is a good outcome.

My cups error log has no mention of the validation warning message since the reset so I would expect yours to be the same.

So I would agree that you could safely mark this as solved.

After using OSX for 3 days during this week and the absence of the error log updating, I will mark the post as solve as I promised. Thank You, for your assistance PAHU with this issue you were very diligent and helpful.

Again, thank you!

P.S. At my local Apple Store almost all Macs have the CUPS error logs and are still adding entries, almost all of them had been entering the error logs after the Mac OS X 10.6.5 update, so this proves my theory after all! 😀

vea1083 Author

Level 3

714 points

Jan 7, 2011 12:33 PM in response to PAHU

PAHU,

Do you know if the latest OSX 10.6.6 update has changed the CUPS printing system so that the error logs might be back?. I haven't updated to OSX 10.6.6 yet but I just wanted to know if it has caused any more error logs with CUPS printing system.

I have to say that the fix for the CUPS that you provided has worked like a charm, since reset the error logs haven't been displayed.

Thank You for your assistance!

PAHU

Level 6

16,723 points

Jan 7, 2011 2:14 PM in response to vea1083

I haven't updated any of my Mac's to 10.6.6 as yet. Given how quickly this was released I would be surprised if the CUPS team changed things - or if they ever will.

vea1083 Author

Level 3

714 points

Jan 7, 2011 2:50 PM in response to PAHU

What I will do is to reset the CUPS printing system as a preemtive measure. I will post back as soon as I get finished updating to 10.6.6 and see if the update generates more errors.

I will keep you updated.

Jan 7, 2011 4:07 PM in response to PAHU

The CUPS version in 10.6.6 was bumped to 1.4.6. I am not certain if that means they tried fixing the cause of the error_log messages. My guess is that they included the newer version of CUPS to remedy the PostScript landscape printing problem.

vea1083 Author

Level 3

714 points

Jan 7, 2011 8:44 PM in response to Matt Broughton

Matt Broughton wrote:
The CUPS version in 10.6.6 was bumped to 1.4.6. I am not certain if that means they tried fixing the cause of the error_log messages. My guess is that they included the newer version of CUPS to remedy the PostScript landscape printing problem.

To answer your question, CUPS 1.4.6 is generating error logs (Part of 10.6.6) in my case but the reset method explained earlier in this post worked again.

Hope this helps!

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

CUPS Printer Error Log