When I attempt
http://localhost:631, the response is Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:631.
When I enter ps aux | grep cups, the result is: steve 1949 0.0 0.1 3320 808 pts/0 S+ 23:03 0:00 grep --color=auto cups
I have read some comments about CUPS on other forums where people say that they had experienced a system update which overwrites the CUPS configuration file. I navigated to the CUPS file and below is what is contained in that file. I don't see my printer mentioned anywhere. Should it be named in the CUPS file? I apologize for so many questions. I just don't know what the file is supposed to look like when things are working as they should:
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: cups
# Required-Start: $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $syslog $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $network avahi
# Should-Stop: $network
# X-Start-Before: samba
# X-Stop-After: samba
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 1
# Short-Description: CUPS Printing spooler and server
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/cupsd
NAME=cupsd
PIDFILE=/var/run/cups/$NAME.pid
DESC="Common Unix Printing System"
unset TMPDIR
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
mkdir -p /var/run/cups/certs
if [ -r /etc/default/cups ]; then
. /etc/default/cups
fi
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
# Get the timezone set.
if [ -z "$TZ" -a -e /etc/timezone ]; then
TZ=`cat /etc/timezone`
export TZ
fi
restart_xprint() {
if [ -n "$success" ] && [ -x /etc/init.d/xprint ]; then
invoke-rc.d xprint force-reload || true
fi
}
coldplug_usb_printers() {
if type udevadm > /dev/null 2>&1 && [ -x /lib/udev/udev-configure-printer ]; then for printer in `udevadm trigger --verbose --dry-run --subsystem-match=usb \
--attr-match=bInterfaceClass=07 --attr-match=bInterfaceSubClass=01 2>/dev/null || true; \ udevadm trigger --verbose --dry-run --subsystem-match=usb \
--sysname-match='lp[0-9]*' 2>/dev/null || true`; do /lib/udev/udev-configure-printer add "${printer#/sys}"
done
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
chown root:lpadmin /usr/share/ppd/custom 2>/dev/null || true
chmod 3775 /usr/share/ppd/custom 2>/dev/null || true
mkdir -p `dirname "$PIDFILE"`
if [ "$LOAD_LP_MODULE" = "yes" -a -f /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel \
-a -f /proc/devices -a -f /proc/modules -a -x /sbin/modprobe ]; then
modprobe -q -b lp || true modprobe -q -b ppdev || true
fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec $DAEMON && success=1
coldplug_usb_printers
log_end_msg $?
restart_xprint
;;
stop) log_begin_msg "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry 5 --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME && success=1
log_end_msg $?
restart_xprint
;;
reload|force-reload)
log_begin_msg "Reloading $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME --signal 1 && success=1
log_end_msg $? restart_xprint
;;
restart)
log_begin_msg "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry 5 --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME; then
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec $DAEMON && success=1
fi
log_end_msg $?
restart_xprint
;;
status)
echo -n "Status of $DESC: "
if [ ! -r "$PIDFILE" ]; then
echo "$NAME is not running."
exit 3
fi
if read pid < "$PIDFILE" && ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "$NAME is running." exit 0
else
echo "$NAME is not running but $PIDFILE exists."
exit 1
fi
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/${0##*/}
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
