lpstat -v , very slow with over 1200 printers , local printer list

[Matt Garrett]

Folks

Been using CUPS for years and works very well but over the last 6 months
our CUPS server has grown from about 400 printers to 1200+

Due to mergers of groups / departments.

Is there any way to speed up lpstat ?
I am gussing the answer is no.

Or is there a way for users to have a there own printers.conf file
and only to use that for that user.

Basicly each group only needs 4 or 5 printers

FYI
Hardware IBM X3550 , RAM 16GB
OS RedHat 5.3 (Tikanga)
Clients approx 3000 machines RedHat 5.3

Matt