diff -urN gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/cups/gtkprintbackendcups.c ../../SUNWgtk2-2.18.0.hacked/i386/gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/cups/gtkprintbackendcups.c
--- gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/cups/gtkprintbackendcups.c	2009-09-12 03:58:39.000000000 +0100
+++ ../../SUNWgtk2-2.18.0.hacked/i386/gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/cups/gtkprintbackendcups.c	2009-10-12 15:16:34.544907874 +0100
@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@
 G_MODULE_EXPORT GtkPrintBackend * 
 pb_module_create (void)
 {
+  static gboolean loaded = FALSE;
+
+  if (!loaded)
+  {
+    GModule *cups;
+    GModuleFlags flags;
+
+    flags = G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY | G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL;
+
+    cups = g_module_open ("libcups.so", flags);
+    loaded = TRUE;
+    if (!cups)
+      return NULL;
+    else
+      g_module_close (cups);
+  }
+
   return gtk_print_backend_cups_new ();
 }
 
diff -urN gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/papi/gtkprintbackendpapi.c ../../SUNWgtk2-2.18.0.hacked/i386/gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/papi/gtkprintbackendpapi.c
--- gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/papi/gtkprintbackendpapi.c	2009-09-12 03:58:39.000000000 +0100
+++ ../../SUNWgtk2-2.18.0.hacked/i386/gtk+-2.18.0/modules/printbackends/papi/gtkprintbackendpapi.c	2009-10-12 15:16:10.112638436 +0100
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@
 G_MODULE_EXPORT GtkPrintBackend * 
 pb_module_create (void)
 {
+  static gboolean loaded = FALSE;
+
+  if (!loaded)
+  {
+    GModule *papi;
+    GModuleFlags flags;
+
+    flags = G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY | G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL;
+
+    papi = g_module_open ("libpapi.so", flags);
+    loaded = TRUE;
+    if (!papi)
+      return NULL;
+    else
+      g_module_close (papi);
+  }
+
   return gtk_print_backend_papi_new ();
 }