Many backend processes may be launched if the CUPS daemon is stopped while a job is being printed in RHEL 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • If the CUPS daemon is stopped while a job is being sent to a printer via a given backend, several instances of that backend are started for nothing

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6)

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