Hi there,
since
$ pacman -Q cups
cups 2:2.4.15-1
printing using the system dialog is no longer possible - the windows freezes and when closing the corresponding app terminates.
LibreOffice printing is not affected.
Any hints please?
System info may help: inxi -zv8.
Your cups version suggests you are on Unstable branch:
mbn info cups -q
Branch : archlinux
Name : cups
Version : 2:2.4.15-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Thu 27 Nov 2025 19:05:56
Packager : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Branch : unstable
Name : cups
Version : 2:2.4.15-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Thu 27 Nov 2025 19:05:56
Packager : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Branch : testing
Name : cups
Version : 2:2.4.14-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 12 Sep 2025 14:13:34
Packager : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Branch : stable
Name : cups
Version : 2:2.4.14-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Fri 12 Sep 2025 14:13:34
Packager : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Okay, it’s unstable, can I roll back?
This is from inxi:
$ inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.12.60-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=2baf94b1-a5b9-4096-b7f7-f54f498c3d9c rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.51 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker,xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM
v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-P v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 5041 date: 08/08/2025
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.71 GiB used: 2.7 GiB (4.3%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: no module installed
Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 32 GiB speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl
part-no: F4-4000C18-32GTZR serial: N/A
Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: no module installed
Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
size: 32 GiB speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl
part-no: F4-4000C18-32GTZR serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201213
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 550 min/max: 550/4663 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 550 2: 550 3: 550
4: 550 5: 550 6: 550 7: 550 8: 550 9: 550 10: 550 11: 550 12: 550 13: 550
14: 550 15: 550 16: 550 bogomips: 108836
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600
XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n6 (6nm) built: 2023+ pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-1 off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-2,DP-3,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7480
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2048x1152 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary
model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2020 res:
mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 125% (0.8) to: 2048x1152 dpi: 109
gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.686 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.263 y: 0.671 blue:
x: 0.149 y: 0.055 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080,
1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1152x864,
1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x480, 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 note: disabled
model: ViewSonic VX2453 Series serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 2560x1440
dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.643 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.314 y: 0.631
blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 520x290mm (20.47x11.42") diag: 595mm (23.4") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1400x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
1280x960, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600,
720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7600 (radeonsi navi33
LLVM 21.1.5 DRM 3.61 6.12.60-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:7480
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.60-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.82 TiB used: 2.65 TiB (38.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 40.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000P5PSSD8
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P7CR403 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3 4T00
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 30RL scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ASUS model: DRW-24D5MT rev: 2.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 452.1 GiB size: 443.93 GiB (98.19%) used: 30.99 GiB (7.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: 2baf94b1-a5b9-4096-b7f7-f54f498c3d9c
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 5.08 GiB size: 4.92 GiB (96.81%)
used: 138.1 MiB (2.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: N/A uuid: 6c880183-22d9-4b35-94ec-b069f41418fe
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 301 MiB size: 300.4 MiB (99.79%)
used: 476 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 4091-0C2F
ID-4: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%)
used: 785.44 GiB (42.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
label: N/A uuid: b20c33fe-fe17-482a-8441-bcec1e33d7ee
ID-5: /home/<filter>/fun raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.82 GiB (98.32%)
used: 166.97 GiB (18.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: f386e9e2-4090-4419-a95b-08bd862f9edf
ID-6: /home/<filter>/stack raw-size: 3.5 TiB size: 3.44 TiB (98.40%)
used: 1.69 TiB (49.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: b72d6cae-a37c-4efe-ab2d-9ba3c65c85c5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 147.01 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: de049378-2aff-4748-ba51-ab71f18e3b4f
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-4:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-6:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-4:2 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0620
class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-3:2 info: Lenovo Traditional USB Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 17ef:6099 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 5-4:3 info: Razer USA DeathAdder 2013 type: mouse,HID,keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:0037 class-ID: 0301
Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 42.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 46.0 C
mem: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
Packages: 1703 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1687 libs: 429
tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 pm: snap pkgs: 9
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/unstable/$repo/$arch
2: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/unstable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/unstable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 367
1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 45211 mem: 3.97 MiB (0.0%)
2: cpu: 3.1% command: thunderbird pid: 29755 mem: 580.8 MiB (0.9%)
3: cpu: 2.0% command: firefox pid: 18165 mem: 670.8 MiB (1.0%)
4: cpu: 1.5% command: firefox pid: 19054 mem: 374.4 MiB (0.5%)
5: cpu: 1.1% command: Xorg pid: 1208 mem: 197.6 MiB (0.3%)
Memory top: 5 of 367
1: mem: 670.8 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 18165 cpu: 2.0%
2: mem: 580.8 MiB (0.9%) command: thunderbird pid: 29755 cpu: 3.1%
3: mem: 374.4 MiB (0.5%) command: firefox pid: 19054 cpu: 1.5%
4: mem: 247.5 MiB (0.3%) command: firefox pid: 18715 cpu: 0.1%
5: mem: 209.6 MiB (0.3%) command: firefox pid: 18459 cpu: 0.1%
Info:
Processes: 367 Power: uptime: 56m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 25.06 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 258
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.40
You can roll back, if you wish, e.g.:
sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch stable
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyuu
Okay, this is good news in case of major failure. 
What if I’d choose to contribute to bug hunting?
You might start with switching to the Testing branch – If you’re now in Stable branch, substitute stable for testing in the previous example given, and use sudo pacman -Syyu to upgrade after switching.
Okay, I’ve done this - and printing is fine with this version.
Okay, the latest version from today works fine now: cups 2:2.4.15-2
Then, let’s mark the appropriate post as the solution, shall we?
That’s fine for me - thx for your support.
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Good to know you’re now printing without issue. 
Regards.
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