CUPS filling up error logs linux mint 21.3 Cinnamon

[jkobwhoi]

filling up log with these messages and terribly slow to open printers control panel. stopping the service manually and restarting seems to help but is back at it on the next reboot. below some sample messages:

W [21/May/2024:20:22:18 -0400] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W [21/May/2024:20:22:23 -0400] CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W [21/May/2024:20:22:38 -0400] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W [21/May/2024:20:22:44 -0400] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W [21/May/2024:20:22:49 -0400] CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

[jkobwhoi]

oops, just saw this says apple /cups
maybe somebody can still point me in the right direction