CUPS Print Server Not Responding to Client Connections
Issue
- Print server is not printing jobs to any branch.
- Print server running on RHEL is no longer printing.
lpstat
command hangs.- Printing becomes slow. The CUPS Error Log includes the message "
Max clients reached, holding new connections
". - What is the maximum number of simultaneous clients that CUPS can handle?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
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