Mac OS X 10.3: "/spool/cups/" alert when printing or faxing
Update to Mac OS X 10.3.1 or later if you can't print or fax, or if received faxes forwarded by email are never received by the recipients.
You can't print or fax with Mac OS X 10.3. When you try, this alert appears: " Can't open '/private/var/spool/cups/d00158-001'".
Note: The name and number of the cups spool file may be different than the one above.
Received faxes you send by email to the address in Print & Fax preferences are never received, and no alert appears.
If you use sendmail (a mail function in the Darwin subsystem unrelated to the application Mail), this alert may appear:
"sendmail: fatal: file /etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix"
This can happen after:
Download and install Mac OS X 10.3.1 or later to avoid these issues.
You can't print or fax with Mac OS X 10.3. When you try, this alert appears: " Can't open '/private/var/spool/cups/d00158-001'".
Note: The name and number of the cups spool file may be different than the one above.
If you use sendmail (a mail function in the Darwin subsystem unrelated to the application Mail), this alert may appear:
"sendmail: fatal: file /etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter mail_owner: unknown user name value: postfix"
This can happen after:
- You've upgraded Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.2.8 to Mac OS X 10.3.
- You've used Disk Utilities Repair Permissions after upgrading.
- You receive a fax.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.3.1 or later to avoid these issues.
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