[colug-432] CUPS Server

[Rob Funk]

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 01:30:36 PM Thomas W. cranston wrote:
> Ubuntu 10.04 Wifi to SMC Baricade 7004AWBR router w/1 printer port to HP
> LazerJet 1100
> 
> File -> Print. Only print to file comes up
> 
> I went to System -> Administration -> Printing -> Server -> Connect.
> Connect comes up w/localhost displayed I clicked on Connect. I get CUPS
> server error. There was an error during the CUPS operation:failed to
> connect to server.
> 
> I did printing troubleshooter -> Forward: CUPS Service Stopped. The CUPS
> print spooler does not appear to be running. To correct this, choose
> System -> Administration -> Services and look for CUPS service.
> 
> There is no Services listed under Administration on 10.04. What to do?
> Where is the Services?

Sounds like something I saw on my wife's machine recently. Since I'm an old-
school command-line guy I went straight for "sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart" 
and that fixed it (while complaining that I should've used the "service" 
command, whose parameter order I never remember).