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On one of our laptops, we had popups about printer settings update 200 times per day. It was getting really annoying and so without thinking about it enough, I've unload and remove cups service.

 sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist
 sudo launchctl remove /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist

Popups are gone. But unfortunately, now we need Cups back and I can't figure out how to install it again. Could you explain the installation process for Cups? and launchdaemons maybe?

Running any lpadmin command return lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Bad file descriptor.

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Reset to default
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Here are the commands I ran to solve this issue:

sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd
sudo mv /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.backup
sudo cp /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
sudo mv /etc/cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf.backup
sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd

Then I've reset the Printing System as suggested here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203343

Then simply add your printers again.

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  • Why is the creation of backup files required to relaunch CUPS?
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Jul 9, 2020 at 9:32
  • I wanted to keep my printer's settings in case it didn't work.
    – Kevin Lemaire
    Commented Jul 9, 2020 at 9:33
  • You've not reinstalled it: just restarted it, haven't you?
    – benwiggy
    Commented Jul 9, 2020 at 9:37
  • More kind of reset it and restarted it after, you're right.
    – Kevin Lemaire
    Commented Jul 9, 2020 at 9:39

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