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)
Hi,
I have had the same problem after upgrading to Sierra. I tried to follow your instructions but i didn't find anything with the name geprint-mac_Uninstall. Could you please help me with this? If there is any other solution... my battery lasts a few time, while before lasted several hours.
Thank you in advance,
Giulio
I upgraded my MacBook Pro Retina 2015 to Sierra. Now it drains battery three times faster and gets really hot.
I found in "activity monitor" that a process, called lprpmd consumes 99% of the CPU. Killing it the battery consumption returns normal.
When I start again the Mac, the process lprpmd goes live again and it drains the battery. Any info about lprpmd?6:09:16 PM
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.
I confirm GaryW_UK suggestions. I followed same procedure "un-installing GEprint" and the reinstalling again. It worked! No battery drains anymore and CPU usage back to normal!
Confirmed GaryW_UK as well, I have been dealing with this for weeks, had my Activity Monitor open with the 90%+ CPU from lprpmd and ran the geprint-mac_Uninstall from Applications. It immediately removed the process and there was no more fan!
Thanks, Gary! I did a Spotlight search for geprint-mac_Uninstall and then ran it. It definitely took care of the problem after upgrading to Sierra. That was a big help!
I do not have geprint-mac_Uninstall. Is there another way to remove lprpmd?
It's in the Applications -> Utilities folder. I see references to reinstalling it but no idea how to do that part. I don't know what it was but it's uninstalled now!
lprpmd hogging CPU after Sierra upgrade
