Print&fax preference disappeared

I no longer have a preference pane called FAX/Print in System Preferences.
I have repaired permissions
Any ideas
Thanks

You can download the update from Apple support: http://support.apple.com/downloads/
It is the 10.5.6 Combo update. If something went bad with your update, that may be a good idea in any case.
You should check your disk with Disk Utility before doing this. You should check permissions and verify the disk.

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I was having trouble with my printer resource for my HP Laserjet 6MP, which had been working fine until this week. In print preferences, I deleted the printer, and another one for good measure. When I went to add new printer, there were no printers to choose from. I reset the printer resource (many times!) restarted the computer (many times!) turned off and on the printer a few times, tried everything again, but still no printers to choose from.
I downloaded the printer resource from this website, http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907and tried everything again, all the steps I tried before. Still no luck.
I think the Print & Fax preference might be trashed. How do I replace that?
I should add that I am not using the printer on a network, but directly from my USB. I am networked only through wifi to my internet modem. I know 10.6.8 sometimes has network connectivity issues with printers, but I'm not sure that's the cause of this, as I have been on 10.6.8 for awhile.
Thanks in advance for any advice. You rock!

Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.

"Print & Fax" preference pane is GONE!!!

I have been having trouble printing to my USB connected printer on my Imac from my G4 powerbook.
In looking into the problem, I have noticed that the "print & fax" preference pane in System Preferences is missing on both computers. I have a strange feeling that this is why my wireless shared printed has ceased.
Has anyone else had this problem or know of a way to get the Print & Fax pane back??
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Shea

Ok...I tried your suggestions below, but upon restart, the preference pane STILL is not shown in System Preferences. I checked in the HD/System/Library/PreferencePane folder and I don't even see the Print & Fax prefPane listed among all the others...
Any other suggestions??
Shea,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Quit System Preferences if it's running and trash the
following file:
Macintosh
HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Caches/com.apple.prefere
ncepanes.cache
Log out/in or restart and try the Print & Fax
Preference Pane.
;~)

Managed Printers Don't Appear in Printer & Fax Preference Pane

Something curious to ponder. I've had this issue for a while now (though it's not a huge problem), where I have a managed Mac (managed via Mac OS X Server 10.6.8) that doesn't display the printers that have been added to a computer list via Workgroup Manager in the Mac's Printer & Fax preference pane. The printers do appear in CUPS (127.0.0.1:631), and the computer prints fine to the available printers, but they just don't appear in the preference pane. I've attached some screen shots for clarification.
Computer list in Workgroup Manager
(even with the Only show managed printers option unchecked, nothing shows up in Printer & Fax)
CUPS page on managed Mac
(All printers show up fine here)
Print & Fax Preference Pane
(Printers don't show up here, why not?)
Print dialog box in Safari
(Printers show up here)
Any ideas?

John Baughman wrote:>
It is as though Bonjour services are not functioning properly.
Thank you.
What happens if you start some type of sharing on the "problem" computer - iTunes Library sharing, File Sharing, or Screen Sharing - can the other 3 see what has been shared?

Can't open print & fax preferences, can't print

I know I've read about this problem before, but I can't seem to find the thread. I'm a total novice when it comes to terminal, but I don't even know where to start. Whenever I try to print, or even open print & fax, I just get the spinning wheel. I'm using Leopard on a 17" MBP, and I'm set up on a network with several printers (I can't even open the individual printers...everything related to printers or printing just freezes!!)
Any help is much appreciated!

I think I have bigger problems here...
I think you may be right.
Have you installed anything recently?
Open up Console.app and see if there are any messages that repeat regarding the crashes.
How much free space do you have on the disk?
You can get into the CUPS web config through http://localhost:631
I couldn't find anything like "Reset Printing System," but you can view the error logs (which you can do from Console.app), and edit the Configuration file. There is a button to use the Default configuration, but I don't know what that will accomplish. Might be the last ditch effort before reinstall.
EDIT: From About the Reset Printing System feature:
What does Reset Printing System do?
Deletes all printer queues and jobs.
Resets all printer settings to their default by deleting configuration files.
Performs a permissions check on the /tmp directory.
1) Can do that from CUPS interface
2) Noted above
3) They should be rwxr-xr-x root:admin
Message was edited by: Barney-15E

Print & Fax prefs & any and all print commands unresponsive

Hi all,
Newb here. I have a 17" mbp running Leopard 10.5.2. I'm networked to a Konica Printer at work and I sent a very large job across. The job was incorrect so I canceled it. That's when the trouble started. Now I can't even open the print dialog in ANY program, nor can I open "print & fax" preferences in sys prefs.
I've opened the activity monitor and cupsd is just devouring my cpu. I've tried to kill it and restart it in terminal, but honestly, I'm don't really know what I'm doing, nor what the core problem is. Any help is appreciated...is there any more info that you need from me to help troubleshoot?
Thank you!

Hi John,
Thanks for your suggestions. Just so you know, I'm not a "console & terminal" guy. I'm willing to try any of your suggestions, but you're going to have to walk me thru...
Opened console and there seems to be a constant stream of "cupsd" errors. Every 10sec actually.
Here's the system log entry:
"Dec 28 09:10:46 MacPro com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd[86732]): Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
Dec 28 09:10:46 MacPro com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Dec 28 09:10:46 MacPro com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[86731]: 2010-12-28 09:10:46.278 ReportCrash[86731:2f03] Saved crash report for cupsd[86732] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cupsd2010-12-28-091046localhost.crash"
If you'd like to see the entire Diagnostic report, let me know.
What would you suggest now?

Just installed 10.6.4. Now clicking on Print&Fax crashes system preferences

Hi all,
Just installed Snow Leopard 10.6.4 and then couldn't print from my Kodak EasyShare 5300 printer. I installed updated software and firmware from Kodak. Still can't print and when I click on Print & Fax in system preferences it crashes system preferences. (Other system preferences options don't make it crash.)
I've repaired permissions and I've unplugged USB and power to printer and replugged and restarted computer and still no luck.
Help! Thanks so much, guys. You're an awesome bunch of folks who have been so helpful in the past. Hoping you can advise me here.

Tried that and it still crashed System Preferences when I clicked on Printer&Fax. But thanks for replying! Still looking for solutions. I know it's tough when I'm asking at the start of a holiday weekend!

System Preference: Print & Fax missing

Hello.
When I go to System Preferences > Internet & Network...
My Print & Fax icon is missing. I can't select and default my installed printers.
How do I retrieve this icon?
Thanks

It's an easy fix. Just delete the preferences file and open System Preferences to create a new one:
1. Quit System Preferences.
2. Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
3. Choose Go > Go To Folder.
4. Type: ~/Library/Caches
5. Click Go.
6. Locate this file: "com.apple.preferencepanes.cache"
7. Drag it to the Trash.
8. Open System Preferences.

System Preferences hangs at "Loading Print & Fax..."

Hi,
I tried to load a Canon printer driver for the ir1023. After the install it required a restart. The Mac Pro never fully turned off, so I was stuck having to do a manual shut down with the power button. I am sure this messed everything up.
When I logged back on System Preferences hangs at "Loading Print & Fax..." when I click the icon. So I deleted the printing preferences, from my preferences folder and still nothing.
I ran the canon installer and that ran successfully, but did not remedy the problem. No Mac programs will print, Photoshop will not launch and Text Edit won't quit.
I ran Disk permissions from the Leopard disk, still no improvement.
Any ideas on how to fix my printing woes without a reinstall?
And I was having some hardware issues with my Time Machine drive - so I had no backup to fall back on.
Thanks!

I would run the UFR2 driver installer again, but when it shows Easy Install at the Installation Type pane, change the menu to Uninstall. This should remove all the UFR2 files, most of which are copied to ./Library/Printers/Canon/UFR2.
With the Canon files removed, try to open the Print & Fax pane again. If it still fails to load, you could try opening the CUPS web page (http://127.0.0.1:631). From here you can select the printer list and job list and possibly remove any existing printers or jobs that are in the system. Ideally we would like to reset the printing system, but I don't think we can do this from the web page or from Terminal - we need the GUI of Print & Fax.
Will do some more reading and get back to you....
PaHu

Missing Print and Fax Preferences - no joke

I am logging onto my grandmother's brand new MacBook & trying to setup a printer for her. It has been a fiasco, which as a major Mac head is not a familiar feeling. I comfortably identify myself as expert on the user & support side.
After a few hours of fighting with her existing printer when I was there at the holidays, I ascertained that it had lost its little USB brain. HP sent out a new printer & I got her to plug it in and ran the setup assistant for her. All is well. I went to print and it stalled. Kept trying to connect, no dice. I hit the pulldown. 2 copies of the printer. Printed to the 2nd copy...all good. Great. Now I'll just delete the 1st one so she's not confused.
I go to System Preferences. No icon for Print and Fax Preferences. I hit the 'show all' button. Nothing additional. I search for print in the search window on the preferences app. Nothing. Did they move it in 10.5? I check the help file...no it says go to system preferences>print and fax.
So what gives? How do I resolve this and retrieve the print and fax preferences? Wanna see the window for yourself? http://www.killerbanshee.com/noprintfaxpreferences.png
(It is black & white cuz I was running it black and white to have faster screen response over a remote connection.)
Thanks,
Kriss

Does /System/Library/PreferencePanes/PrintAndFax.prefPane exists ?
Also, please provide any information available in Console (/Applications/Utilities/Console) when you launch System Preferences.

Print & Fax Pane in System Preferences will not open

Hey, Folks, Anybody had this problem?
I am running 10.3.9 and I can't get the Print & Fax pane to open in System Preferences. All of the other panes will open. Does anyone know a fix or workaround for this problem? I would like to set up faxing from my computer which is an iMac flat-panel @ 800mgh.
Thanking you in advance,
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iMac flat-panel Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Dan,
I do not believe or advocate that moving plist files to another user will solve plist corruption. Knowing that the problem is limited to a single user should eliminate your OS installation concerns.
Checking Console for clues, and Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption, by Dr. Smoke would be my next recommendation.
I would also recommend that you check out Font Management in Mac OS X Tiger and Panther, by Kurt Lang.
;~)

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Every time I open print&fax in system preferences the application stalls for some seconds and then moves to the next window. but when I click on the plus to add a printer it stalls again, then opens the window to search for printers, then the application (system preferences) quits. It's beginning to get very frustrating and I never thought I would have a problem like this with a Mac. How do I fix it? Should I take my Macbook into a retail store for help?

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