KPrint / KDE Print Manager Failing to Initialize

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Gail LaForest wrote:

> Greetings Matthias,
> 
> I cannot do anything in Kprint since it hangs in the "Initializing Manager" 
> stage as soon as I open it Printing Manager which disables everything making 
> it impossible to open the Manager and click on anything.

If you wait long enough, there should come a timeout....

Which version of KDE? Which operating system? Which
version of OS?

> Is there a way to do this via a configuration file instead of in Printing 
> Manager? 

Have a look at both

   $#HOME/.kde*/share/config/kprinterrc
   $#HOME/.kde*/share/config/kdeprintrc

Try to change the "Host" entry in the second one...