[cups.general] How to move printers from one cups server to another?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Feb 13 09:37:59 PST 2006


On Monday 13 February 2006 05:15, Mangoo wrote:
>How can I move printers from one cups server to another?
>
>Let's say, I configured a network printer on SERVER1, and I want to
> make it work on SERVER2 - which files I need to copy from SERVER1 to
> SERVER2 (and then, restart cups on SERVER2 I guess)?

Physically moving the printer is not required.  Thats the beauty of 
cups.  I just printed a 60 page pdf from xpdf on a debian box in my 
shop, with the paper coming out of the printer on the desk to my right, 
hooked to a usb port on this FC2 box. Cups is a fully network capable 
printing system.

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