The typical symptom is that the printer driver software pauses, displaying a message that states something like: “printer-state-message=”/usr/libexec/cups/backend/lpd failed” or “/usr/libexec/cups/backend/dnssd failed.” Not all printers have this problem, but users report seeing the symptom in a variety of different printers.Īs is often the case with update-related problems, reinstalling 10.6.8 from the combo updater may eradicate the symptom.
Probably the single most common 10.6.8 problem, at least as evidenced by a massive 17 page thread in Apple Support Communities, is a failure to print. In the end, Apple has confirmed that this is “a known issue, which is currently being investigated by engineering.” Expect a fix in 10.6.9.
