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

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Feb 14 05:38 Mangoo wrote (shortened):
> > Mangoo wrote:
> > > How can I move printers from one cups server to another?
....
> > If you want to copy *all* printers, just copy the /etc/cups/ppd
> > directory and /etc/cups/printers.conf file to SERVER2 and restart
> > cupsd.
.... 
> when I copy /etc/cups/ppd/* and /etc/cups/printers.conf from SERVER1
> to SERVER2, and then restart CUPS on SERVER2 ...
> I get: 
> Error:

See for example
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/jsmeix_print-cups-in-a-nutshell.html
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Never copy configuration files from other systems to your system
unless you know exactly what you are doing.
Use command-line tools instead.

For example, to set up the same queues on several machines
(e.g., for a backup server), do not copy /etc/cups/printers.conf
and /etc/cups/ppd/*, but write the respective commands in a script
(usually a sequence of lpadmin commands) and run the script on the
various machines. In this way, any error messages will be displayed
on the respective machines (e.g., if a PPD file is not available on a 
machine or if a backend is not available or not ready to use).
Furthermore with such a script you have something like a log-file
of the settings, enabling you to restore the settings by running
the script at any time.
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Read the whole article to find out what has failed in your
particular case and to "know exactly what you are doing".


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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