Just a few more information about this issue. This is the cups-browsed's state just after a cups update... is dead...
root@foo-ubuntu:/home/foo# service cups-browsed status ● cups-browsed.service - Make remote CUPS printers available locally Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since ven 2019-06-14 14:51:38 CEST; 2min 27s ago Main PID: 927 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) jun 14 14:35:02 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Make remote CUPS printers available locally. jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally... jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally. And here the syslog just when update is applied... Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt upgrade and clean activities. Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt download activities. Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler. Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler. Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities. Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt download activities. Jun 14 14:51:37 foo-ubuntu gnome-session[1647]: debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally... Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping CUPS Scheduler... Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:39 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. Jun 14 14:51:41 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 14 14:51:42 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829718 Title: Network printers (cups-browsed) disappear after each CUPS update on client side To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1829718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs