By “expected results” I meant something like what I related in my earlier email for my own computer. The installation program seems to work for me, so that outcome seems to be good enough. (“System” having both Read and Write permission for /private/etc/cups/ppd
seems most relevant.)
Whatever printer you try to install, it will access the same installation program: /Library/Printers/QTR/bin/quadinstall $0
The $0 picks up the appropriate printer name from the context (the directory name, I think, or perhaps the Installxxx.command name), so no matter what specific printer you install, you’re using “quadinstall” plus the correct printer name.
If the “quadinstll” binary cannot write to the location where the printer file is supposed to go, you would get the error messages you in fact keep getting. Can
you write a file to the ppd directory? Try changing the permissions for that directory to allow “everyone” Read & Write permission. (I don’t know how comfortable you are with the Mac operating system. . . and I don’t want to sound like a know-it-all
talking down to you, so I'll leave it at that.)
Myron
On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:15 AM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
Okay, but when you actually look at the directory, did the “repair” produce the expected result?Well, since I don’t know what the "expected results" might be, I just have to trust the Mac OS that when it says permissions were repaired, they were.
Besides, the same failure occurs with two different printers, so I think that is unlikely.
David Kachel
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