QTR-Quadtone RIP

Walter,

You are the man!  Can't extend enough thanks. The majority of my prints are custom size & the prospect of reinstalling the OS was not a pretty one.

Again, my heart felt THANKS.
Joel
On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Walker Blackwell wrote:

> Dear QTR users. Today I re-installed cups from source on my intel iMac and it fixes the problem with no other errors. This is how it's done on intel 64bit machines.
> 
> 1. Get a free developer account with Apple.
> 2. Download xcode and install.
> 3. download both source files (1.4.4 and 1.4.5) from cups.org (www.cups.org)
> 4. Un-compress the files and open the Terminal app.
> 5. Type: cd and a space and then drag the 1.4.4 folder icon over the terminal window and hit enter.
> 6. Type sudo ./configure --arch-withflags="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
> 7. sudo -B make install
> 
> 8. Type: cd and a space and then drag the 1.4.5 folder icon over the terminal window and hit enter.
> 9. Type sudo ./configure --arch-withflags="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
> 10. sudo -B make install
> 
> 11. Restart your computer.
> 
> This works for me. It might sound a bit complicated, but it seems to work and (if you already have xcode installed) you can get it fixed in about 10 minutes.
> 
> I experimented with building a .pkg installer for an easier fix, but I think the method described above is safer.
> 
> Hopefully 10.6.6 update will fix this problem.
> 
> All the best,
> Walker
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