Cups service does not start

Briefly describe your issue below:

Cups service does not start and printer discovery with cups-browsed is unable to find my printer (that was previously discovered).

What version of Parrot are you running?
Linux parrot 5.6.0-2parrot1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.6.14-2parrot1 (2020-05-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux

What method did you use to install Parrot?
Debian Standard

Configured to multiboot with other systems?
yes

If there are any similar issues or solutions, link to them below:

If there are any error messages or relevant logs, post them below:

sudo cat /var/log/cups/error_log

E [24/Jun/2020:21:00:40 +0200] [Client 59] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:03:35 +0200] [Client 949] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:04:14 +0200] [Client 967] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:04:46 +0200] [Client 970] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Delete-Printer (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:04:58 +0200] [Client 979] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:08:18 +0200] [Client 990] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
W [24/Jun/2020:21:09:06 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id \'Unknown-Gray..\' already exists
E [24/Jun/2020:21:09:14 +0200] [Client 975] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:10:01 +0200] [Client 1003] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:10:18 +0200] [Job 1] The printer is not responding.
W [24/Jun/2020:21:12:48 +0200] Notifier for subscription 6 (dbus://) went away, retrying!
E [24/Jun/2020:21:16:02 +0200] [Job 1] Unable to queue job for destination "Unknown".
E [24/Jun/2020:21:16:13 +0200] [Job 1] Files have gone away.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:20:34 +0200] [Client 8] Returning HTTP Forbidden for Cancel-Subscription (/) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:23:01 +0200] [Client 57] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:24:35 +0200] [Client 89] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:24:42 +0200] [Client 92] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Delete-Printer (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Unknown) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:24:48 +0200] [Client 101] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:25:33 +0200] [Client 137] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Manual_URI) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:25:38 +0200] [Client 97] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Print-Job (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Manual_URI) from localhost.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:02 +0200] [Client 142] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Manual_URI) from localhost
W [24/Jun/2020:21:26:07 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id \'Manual_URI-Gray..\' already exists
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:17 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:27 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:37 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:47 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:26:57 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:07 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:17 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:27 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:37 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:47 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:27:57 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:07 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:17 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:27 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:37 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:47 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:28:57 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:07 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:17 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:27 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:37 +0200] [Job 2] Nelze získat stav tiskárny.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:41 +0200] [Client 175] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Delete-Printer (ipp://vojtech@localhost:631/printers/Manual_URI) from localhost
E [24/Jun/2020:21:29:56 +0200] Scheduler shutting down due to program error.
E [24/Jun/2020:21:30:14 +0200] [Job 2] Unable to queue job for destination "Manual_URI".
E [24/Jun/2020:21:37:40 +0200] [Client 18] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
W [24/Jun/2020:21:39:53 +0200] Notifier for subscription 8 (dbus://) went away, retrying!
W [24/Jun/2020:21:39:53 +0200] Notifier for subscription 12 (dbus://) went away, retrying!
W [24/Jun/2020:21:39:53 +0200] Notifier for subscription 14 (dbus://) went away, retrying!
W [24/Jun/2020:21:39:54 +0200] Notifier for subscription 16 (dbus://) went away, retrying!

service cups status

● cups.service - CUPS Scheduler
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-06-24 22:08:04 CEST; 28min ago
TriggeredBy: ● cups.path
             ● cups.socket
       Docs: man:cupsd(8)
    Process: 7791 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -l (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 7791 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

lpstat -t

scheduler is not running
no system default destination
lpstat: Bad file descriptor
lpstat: Bad file descriptor
lpstat: Bad file descriptor
lpstat: Bad file descriptor
lpstat: Bad file descriptor

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