Hi,

how can I transfer printers definition from a host to new in Solaris
10?
All printers are created with Webmin.

Regards.

Ganimede Dignan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how can I transfer printers definition from a host to new in Solaris
> 10?
> All printers are created with Webmin.
> 
> Regards.

It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget 
about the old definitions.

It has been at least two years since I added printers to a system 
running Solaris 10.  The printer was a LaserJet 4000 equipped with a 
JetDirect card.  I was pleasantly surprised to be asked to pick a 
manufacturers name from a list, and then to pick a model from another 
list.  I had to specify that it was a network printer and supply the IP 
address.  That was all there was to it!  Having had to do it "old style" 
many long years ago, I was thrilled to find that the misery was gone, 
there were no arcane commands or procedures to discover and then follow.

Thank you Sun and HP!!

Hi,

> It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget
> about the old definitions.

I've got 200 printers to crete... it's not so nice do it by hand.
I prefer to copy it from a running syste,

Bye.

Ganimede Dignan <ganimede.dignan@gmail.com> wrote:
> how can I transfer printers definition from a host to new in Solaris
> 10?
> All printers are created with Webmin.

I've never tried it myself, but I believe all the necessary configuration
is kept in /etc/lp and /etc/printers.conf.

-- 
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In article 
<f475ba9f-9421-4e27-a6be-1b93456dca54@f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
 Ganimede Dignan <ganimede.dignan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget
> > about the old definitions.
> 
> I've got 200 printers to crete... it's not so nice do it by hand.
> I prefer to copy it from a running syste,
> 
> Bye.

If you have that many printers, you should have written an automated 
script to run on every newly installed machine to setup printers for 
you.  If you don't, then why not spend the time to write one now?

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Hi,

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article 
> <f475ba9f-9421-4e27-a6be-1b93456dca54@f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>  Ganimede Dignan <ganimede.dignan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>>> It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget
>>> about the old definitions.
>> I've got 200 printers to crete... it's not so nice do it by hand.
>> I prefer to copy it from a running syste,
>>
>> Bye.
> 
> If you have that many printers, you should have written an automated 
> script to run on every newly installed machine to setup printers for 
> you.  If you don't, then why not spend the time to write one now?
> 
Does not cups work around that by only needing to setup the cupsserver?

/michael

In article <8d4lg0Ffg7U1@mid.individual.net>,
 Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Michael Vilain wrote:
> > In article 
> > <f475ba9f-9421-4e27-a6be-1b93456dca54@f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
> >  Ganimede Dignan <ganimede.dignan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget
> >>> about the old definitions.
> >> I've got 200 printers to crete... it's not so nice do it by hand.
> >> I prefer to copy it from a running syste,
> >>
> >> Bye.
> > 
> > If you have that many printers, you should have written an automated 
> > script to run on every newly installed machine to setup printers for 
> > you.  If you don't, then why not spend the time to write one now?
> > 
> Does not cups work around that by only needing to setup the cupsserver?
> 
> /michael

Don't you still have to define the print queues on each system, 
regardless of if the printer is local or networked?  Printing via a 
printserver still, IIRC, requires the local machine knowing that the 
print queue exists.  Or has that changed such that printers now annouce 
themselves ala MacOS 9's Chooser?

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Hi,

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <8d4lg0Ffg7U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Michael Vilain wrote:
>>> In article 
>>> <f475ba9f-9421-4e27-a6be-1b93456dca54@f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>  Ganimede Dignan <ganimede.dignan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>> It might be easier to add printer definitions to Solaris 10 and forget
>>>>> about the old definitions.
>>>> I've got 200 printers to crete... it's not so nice do it by hand.
>>>> I prefer to copy it from a running syste,
>>>>
>>>> Bye.
>>> If you have that many printers, you should have written an automated 
>>> script to run on every newly installed machine to setup printers for 
>>> you.  If you don't, then why not spend the time to write one now?
>>>
>> Does not cups work around that by only needing to setup the cupsserver?
>>
>> /michael
> 
> Don't you still have to define the print queues on each system, 
> regardless of if the printer is local or networked?  Printing via a 
> printserver still, IIRC, requires the local machine knowing that the 
> print queue exists.  Or has that changed such that printers now annouce 
> themselves ala MacOS 9's Chooser?
> 
When I nstall cups I only defined the printer queues on the
printserver, then install the cups client on the clients and removed the 
original lp lpr command.

Works great, long ago when I started with cups I purchased cups for 
Solaris from Easysw, licensed per server.

/michael