http://localhost:631
 

CUPS is installed and starts on boot but when i try to connect to http://localhost:631 the browser says "The connection was refused when trying to connect to http://localhost:631"

Check if CUPSD is actually listening on port 631:

$ su
# netstat -pan | grep tcp

If the CUPSD is listening, you should see:

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN XXXX/cupsd

(Where XXXX is a PID)

it's not listening.

Try

$ su
# /etc/rc.d/rc.cups stop
# /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start
# netstat -pan | grep cupsd

What error messages do you recieve?

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Have you checked your cupsd.conf file?