Printer Troubleshooting
Detailed information lpstat -l -p lpstat -a lpstat -a | awk '{print $1}' lists PPD files for printers that have been added to the system ls /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd Find version of…
lpadmin
Add a network printer with command line lpadmin -p Test_Printer_Name -L "Printer Location" -E -v lpd://10.1.20.26 -P "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Generic.ppd" Remove Printer from command line /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x printernamehere
Reset macOS Catalina Printing System
macOS Catalina introduced a new option in their printtool command line tool to reset the printing system. Type the following in Terminal: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/printtool --reset -f Link: https://babodee.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/reset-the-macos-printing-system-through-the-command-line/
macOS Print Nightmare
“Print Nightmare” is a bug in the Windows spooler service that under some circumstances can result in an attacker being able to remotely run code on a Microsoft Windows system…
Printer Proxy Error
The following deletes the printers from the account YOUR_USER_HERE in the restricted folder. After it creates symlinks to the printers in the root Library folder so the proxy message no…
Printer Information : lpstat
NAME lpstat - print cups status information DESCRIPTION lpstat displays status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers. When run with no arguments, lpstat will list active jobs queued…