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Printer Setup Repair (Panther Edition)

Printer Setup Repair (Panther Edition) - 4.2.1

repair Printer Setup Utility

All Time: (4.8)
Version 4.2.1: (5.0)
Selected Version: 4.2.1
Release Date: 2005-06-14
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 4.2.1): 4,069
Downloads (all versions): 183,915
Price: $20.00

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Product Description:

Printer Setup Repair is designed to rectify situations where the Printer Setup Utility will not open, printers cannot be added, CUPS fails to operate, and numerous other errors. Although Printer Setup Repair cannot fix every printing problem, it is capable of resolving most of the common ones. Printer Setup Repair can also be used to delete unwanted printer drivers, remove a build up of spool files, and recreate the /tmp symbolic link.

Printer Setup Repair allows the user to do the following:
  • Backup and restore the printing system
  • Verify the root user
  • Verify and recreate the lp user
  • Verify and recreate the lp group
  • Verify and repair the Printer Setup Utility file permissions
  • Verify and repair the /System/Library directory permissions
  • Verify and repair the CUPS directories
  • Verify and repair the /Library directory permissions
  • Verify and repair the home user Library directories
  • Reset the Printer Setup Utility
  • Delete CUPS spool files
  • Verify and repair the /private/tmp directory
  • Stop, start, or restart the cupsd process
  • View and modify the hostconfig file
  • Replace the cupsd.conf file
  • Delete hidden temporary files
  • Delete all Printer Setup Utility preferences
  • Calculate the directory size of the pre-installed drivers
  • Delete the pre-installed drivers
  • Repair OS 9 permissions
  • Delete PrintMonitor spool files
  • Delete OS 9 printing preferences
  • Install OS 9 and OS X PPD files
  • Delete OS 9 and OS X PPD files
  • View the CUPS access_log file
  • View the CUPS error_log file
  • View the CUPS page_log file

If you are using Mac OS X 10.4.x, you can download Printer Setup Repair 5.0 (Tiger Edition) from here.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.1.x or 10.2.x, you can download Print Center Repair from here.

What's new in this version:

  • Added the option to backup and restore the printing system.
  • Fixed a bug that may have caused an error while attempting to discover the process ID number of several applications that Printer Setup Repair interacts with.
  • Fixed a bug that would have prevented the lp user or lp group from being repaired if missing property values were detected.
  • Fixed a bug that would allow the symbolic links in the /user/libexec/cups/backed directory to be repaired if the user had stopped the verification and repair process.
  • Fixed a cosmetic bug that left the title of the main window showing trial version information after the user had registered.
  • The trial period is now 7 days.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.3.9
    Screen resolution 800 x 600 and above

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Feedback Summary:

Version 4.2.1:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (4.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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Printer Setup Repair (Panther Edition) ReviewThanks a lot ! - Version: 4.2.3 PE, 2/19/2007 10:07AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

pascallb
My $*&@!!% Epson 2100 stopped every printing task for a week now.
I didnt found any solution to this issue until I downloaded this powerfull tool.
Thanks a lot to you guys at Fixamac !
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Printer Setup Repair (Panther Edition) Commentarysaved my bacon today! - Version: 4.2.2 PE, 4/15/2006 01:15PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

lawrencecpaulson_dotmac
Printing to an EPSON 740 had gone haywire. Nothing worked until I used this program to reset the printing system.
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Printer Setup Repair (Panther Edition) Reviewa lifesaver - Version: 4.2.1, 8/10/2005 07:46AM PST

(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)

mattd
Yes, this program really does rock! I've had 2 problems printing to my Epson C86, and PSR fixed both of them!

1) Printing slowed to a crawl for no apparent reason.
2) Printing jobs were always "Stopped" for no apparent reason.

Mashing a few buttons in the PSR GUI got me going again both times! Thanks Fixamac!
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