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procyte
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May 23, 2019
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Can't open "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp

  • May 23, 2019
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Suddenly I get an error message and cannot print from a pdf document that I printed from yesterday.

Error messge:  "Can't open "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/..."

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erikb25237502
erikb25237502
New Participant
June 18, 2019

Strange ? I found  that in OS 10.14.5  Mojave

The map:  /private/var/spool/cups/.    exist

but 

the map:  /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/.    does not exist

So I think that Abode adresses a map who does not exist or they forgot to create it.

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Nd5E9A
New Participant
January 24, 2023
yes, the problem is definitely with Adobe. Any other application prints normally... it must have been some CC update that generated this incompatibility... I'm doing the prints via Priview
AkanchhaS8194121
AkanchhaS8194121
Brainiac
May 31, 2019

Hi Procyte, 

Would you please elaborate the exact issue a bit more? Are you getting Can't open.... error while printing a pdf document or when trying to open a document to print?

Also, which application and OS you are working on? The location you are getting restricted or unable to open, do you have enough permission on this folder or not? Please check once and let us know.

Thanks,

Akanchha

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procyteAuthor
Known Participant
May 31, 2019

I am using Mac OS 10.14.5 and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2019.012.20034.  I open the pdf document, choose File-Print and the document goes into the printers que then stops.  I have full permission on the document.  I also tried this with a different pdf and I still get the same error message on this second document.  And a third.  In fact it seems that I cannot print ANY pdf's.

AkanchhaS8194121
AkanchhaS8194121
Brainiac
June 3, 2019

Thank you for sharing the additional info and following the further steps suggested.

Just found a similar discussion on the same issue Cannot Print Any PDF file - MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Error can't open /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/  as mentioned, this problem is most likely related to the OS and reinstalling the OS has been a common solution for multiple users. Go through it and found the helpful answers given there.

Thanks,

Akanchha

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