Hi Walker, Can you also confirm that the QTR printer(s) reappear in the drop down list at 'manage custom sizes' after this fix? Strange thing though that only the QTR printers disappeared and not the epson AND gutenprint printers. By the way did someone file a bug report at apple? Kees Brandenburg --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Walker Blackwell <forums@...> 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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Re: custom sizes still grayed
2010-12-02 by Kees
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