Some help, please, to understand

[peter]

> What version of CUPS?
>
> What operating system/Linux distribution?
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> How are you rebooting the system?
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> Normally adding a printer via lpadmin or the web interface should result =
> in the printer showing up in printers.conf; it may take up to a minute =
> in recent versions of CUPS (depending on the configuration) since we try =
> to coalesce writes for better performance, but a normal shutdown of =
> cupsd will force the changes to disk before cupsd exits.
>
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 9:03 PM, peter wrote:
>
> > If I use lpadmin I can add printers to the system
> > And they appear in the http://server:631  view
> >=20
> > However, if the server is re-booted, these printers are lost.
> > How do I add them to /etc/cups/printers.conf ?
> > Should I adding them ?
> > I need to have them automatically re-appear on a re-boot.
> >=20
> > Must it be manual ie via an editor ?
> >=20
> > typically these printers are in 1 of 3 groups :
> >=20
> > a)  Dot matrix - ie text printers
> >=20
> > b) Some HP laserjet replacements for the text printers
> >=20
> > c) A large set of remote printers
> >=20
> > the lpadmin command for these is
> >=20
> > lpadmin -p packforms -v lpd://remotewindows/xpackforms -E
> >=20
> >=20
> > Also, if I add a printer via the http:// interface, =
> /etc/cups/printers.conf
> > is not updated, even though I have to log in as root to add a printer
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
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> ________________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>
>
>
The O/S : Oracle Unbreakable Linux 5 aka RHEL 5
The CUPS version : 1.2.4
[As supplied with the release]

Rebboting is via : shutdown -h now
from the console


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