Before downgrading, could you follow the instructions of the section "error_log" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems and provide us the error_log of the time between boot and the first job, when CUPS is hogging the CPU? Thanks.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835957 Title: cupsd gobbles up resources To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1835957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs