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I have a network using wireless with many Apples and a Linux Server running Samba.

Sometimes the apples computers find the shares in network and sometimes doesn't find.

I changed the shares from Samba to AFP Server, but the problem continues.


In the same network I have a MacBook sharing a printer:

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Sometimes the other computers can print and sometimes they can't

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Does somebody know about that?

Posted on Feb 1, 2016 4:08 AM

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Posted on Feb 1, 2016 12:12 PM

Hmmmm, is the IP of the MacBook sharing the Printer changing? Or the Interface?


Also in Sharing Pref Pane>Computer Name, see if that has changed or had numbers appended to it's name.

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Feb 10, 2016 8:16 AM in response to BDAqua

I can't find any error log in Console, but in the Cups I found some think in errors log:

E [28/Jan/2014:16:19:28 -0200] [Job 93] Unable to connect to printer

E [28/Jan/2014:16:19:31 -0200] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for Cancel-Job (ipp://localhost/jobs/93) from localhost

E [28/Jan/2014:16:19:49 -0200] [Job 94] Connection refused

E [07/Mar/2014:12:43:56 -0300] [Job 122] Connection refused

E [14/Mar/2014:17:59:31 -0300] [Job 131] Connection refused

E [07/Apr/2014:11:33:07 -0300] [Job 165] Unable to connect to printer

E [23/Apr/2014:13:47:55 -0300] [Job 177] Connection refused

E [19/May/2014:15:43:44 -0300] [Job 196] Unable to connect to printer

E [23/May/2014:17:53:28 -0300] [Job 204] Connection refused

E [23/May/2014:17:53:49 -0300] [Job 204] Connection refused

E [29/May/2014:09:04:01 -0300] [Job 214] Connection refused

E [29/May/2014:09:04:22 -0300] [Job 214] Connection refused

E [29/May/2014:09:04:29 -0300] [Job 214] Connection refused

E [29/May/2014:09:04:33 -0300] [Job 214] Connection refused

E [06/Oct/2014:11:40:00 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/HP_Officejet_4500_G510a_f) from localhost

E [06/Oct/2014:11:40:02 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/HP_Officejet_4500_G510a_f) from localhost

E [06/Oct/2014:11:40:02 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/HP_Officejet_4500_G510a_f) from localhost

E [06/Oct/2014:11:40:03 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/HP_Officejet_4500_G510a_f) from localhost

E [22/Apr/2015:14:41:15 -0300] [Job 321] Unable to cancel print job.

E [17/Aug/2015:10:19:04 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for Cancel-Job (ipps://iMac-de-Ana.local.:631/printers/HP_LaserJet_Pro_MFP_M125a) from 192.168.99.57

E [10/Sep/2015:10:33:05 -0300] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.57 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [10/Sep/2015:10:36:08 -0300] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.57 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [10/Sep/2015:10:36:18 -0300] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.57 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [14/Oct/2015:15:21:35 -0300] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.112 - connection closed gracefully (-9805)

E [19/Oct/2015:15:47:58 -0200] [Job 990] Unable to send data to printer.

E [19/Oct/2015:15:51:58 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [19/Oct/2015:15:53:03 -0200] [Job 990] Stopping unresponsive job.

E [19/Oct/2015:15:57:33 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [19/Oct/2015:15:59:25 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [20/Oct/2015:14:13:45 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [03/Nov/2015:18:08:06 -0200] [Job 1129] Aborting job because it has no files.

E [04/Nov/2015:10:21:37 -0200] [Job 1139] Unable to send data to printer.

E [04/Nov/2015:10:26:42 -0200] [Job 1139] Stopping unresponsive job.

E [05/Nov/2015:16:35:52 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [09/Nov/2015:15:50:09 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [09/Nov/2015:15:50:19 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.2 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [09/Nov/2015:15:53:53 -0200] [Job 1216] Aborting job because it has no files.

E [16/Nov/2015:16:03:27 -0200] [Job 1275] Aborting job because it has no files.

E [04/Dec/2015:20:06:33 -0200] [Job 1417] Não foi possÃvel enviar os dados à impressora.

E [04/Dec/2015:20:11:42 -0200] [Job 1417] Stopping unresponsive job.

E [16/Dec/2015:14:10:13 -0200] [Job 1521] Aborting job because it has no files.

E [18/Jan/2016:16:06:57 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.110 - unknown error -1=ffffffffffffffff (-1)

E [18/Jan/2016:16:11:50 -0200] [Job 1649] Aborting job because it has no files.

E [18/Jan/2016:16:14:38 -0200] Unable to encrypt connection from 192.168.99.112 - connection closed gracefully (-9805)

E [03/Feb/2016:15:58:01 -0200] [Job 1792] Não foi possÃvel abrir “/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/00ff856c0c1f3”.


The access log is normal.

Feb 11, 2016 7:30 PM in response to gilbertovb

From the log…

E [17/Aug/2015:10:19:04 -0300] [Client 25] Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for Cancel-Job (ipps://iMac-de-Ana.local.:631/printers/HP_LaserJet_Pro_MFP_M125a) from 192.168.99.57


The computer name is imac-ana and it is configured in /etc/hosts in server:

127.0.1.1 LED
192.168.99.2 led
192.168.99.101 imac-ana


These do not match.


I don't know why you are defining the hostname in /etc/hosts, it may not be relevant but I have never done this on a Mac.

Is it needed BDAqua?


Macs generally look services up via bonjour (whatever.local) defined in the Sharing section of System Preferences, I don't think a different hostname will help.


You can investigate the bonjour records via 'dns-sd' in Terminal or use Bonjour browser.

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ man1/dns-sd.1.html

I haven't used this on 10.11, so you may want to look for alternatives, it was fine on earlier releases http://tildesoft.com/


I would also start searching for some of the CUPS error strings on the internet, it may lead you down the right path.

Feb 12, 2016 4:33 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua wrote:


Great catch Drew! 🙂

OSX Server might be different, no idea.


Cheers 🙂


OS X server gets into a mess if the hostname, DNS name, computer name get mixed up. It has the 'changeip -checkhostname' command to address issues like that. I don't know if it relevant here - it is unclear to me if the MacBook is running OS X server.


cups has verbose logging…

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ man8/cupsctl.8.html

cupsctl --debug-logging


It will give more info, however it isn't clear to me if the client is failing to reach the server so it may not help, I have to wonder if the Macbook has a valid certificate to support encryption but I don't know how cups handles that.

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