User level: Level 1 (17 points)I use cups so my till drawer opens with my star tsp100 receipt printer. After upgrading to golden gate, the till drawer no longer opens and I can't get into admin on the cups page. The printer works but I need the settings from cups to trigger drawer. What is the work around?
Posted on Oct 21, 2026 9:12 AM
User level: Level 10 (148,617 points)Oct 21, 2026 10:14 AM in response to MrHoffman
I found this from Western Kentucky University:
"CUPS Admin is a native macOS app that puts back the CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631) Apple removed in macOS 27 — cupsd, lpadmin and IPP Everywhere queues all still work, only the browser admin page is gone. The sidebar lists every queue with its state and active jobs; select one to see its status, hold, release, move or cancel its jobs, and change its default options the way the old "Set Default Options" page did, including per-driver settings like Ricoh user codes. Common changes (color or black & white, duplex, Letter paper, a user code, the default printer) are one-click Quick Actions, and every change is read back from cupsd so nothing fails silently. It ships with cupsadmin, a command-line tool for scripts, Mosyle/Jamf/Munki commands and quick checks. No third-party dependencies; builds with the Xcode Command Line Tools alone."
https://github.com/kfattic/cupsadmin
User level: Level 10 (148,617 points)Oct 21, 2026 9:25 AM in response to amandafromMN
Duck assisted search says:
To enable CUPS on a Mac, open the Terminal and enter the command
cupsctl WebInterface=yes
...then wait a minute...
After that, you can access the CUPS web interface by navigating to http://localhost:631/printers/ in your web browser.
is that any help?
does that provide cups access for you?
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 21, 2026 12:15 PM in response to amandafromMN
Someone else once saw a message like this, and that person received help:
cupsctl WebInterface=yes - Apple Community
In the macOS 26 Tahoe operating system (which I am currently using), and likely in the macOS 27 Golden Gate operating system as well, the file path for 'cupsd.conf' has changed. In the Finder press 'cmd-shift-G' and enter in the dialog window '/private/etc/cups' without the quotes. After entering the path to the appropriate directory, press the Enter key.
Once you have successfully edited the `cupsd.conf` file, you will likely need to restart your computer.
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)Oct 21, 2026 9:37 AM in response to amandafromMN
If the above doesn’t resolve this…
AFAIK, the built-in CUPS is (intentionally?) broken in macOS 27.
See if a CUPS install from Homebrew works.
User level: Level 1 (17 points)Oct 21, 2026 9:39 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
It does not. I get cupsctl: Cannot set WebInterface directly.
User level: Level 10 (148,617 points)Oct 21, 2026 10:02 AM in response to amandafromMN
I found this summary in an article:
--from:
https://pcglance.com/cups-web-interface-disabled-macos-27/
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)Oct 21, 2026 12:11 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
I’m hopeful the next macOS update unsnarls this, but have no insight into same.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380270