topic Re: Best method to transfer printer queues in Operating System - HP-UX

Best method to transfer printer queues

Debbie Fleith — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:41:20 GMT

I have an 11.0 server with many remote printers configured with SAM and network printers configured with hppi.

What is the best method to transfer all of these queues over to an HP 11.i server?

Re: Best method to transfer printer queues

Pete Randall — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:45:12 GMT

Debbie,

I did a boolean search on the forums and came up with the following threads (using +transfer +print +queue as my argument):

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xdcccc8ecad09d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x168d8cc5e03fd6118fff0090279cd0f9,00.html

among others. This should help get you started, I think.

Pete

Re: Best method to transfer printer queues

Helen French — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:46:02 GMT

One method will be to save/restore the configuration:
# sam -> printers and plotters -> LP spooler -> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration

Re: Best method to transfer printer queues

S.K. Chan — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:48:42 GMT

The documented procedure is here ..
(DocID= LPKBRC00009243)
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062910847
Hope it helps ..

Re: Best method to transfer printer queues

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:49:19 GMT

You can use the transferqueue command but probably the easist method is to use SAM->Printers & Plotters->LP Spooler->Save/Restore Spooler Configuration->Actions->Save Spooler Configuration.

The configuration is saved in /var/sam/lp. Copy these files to the other hosts and run the same command except 'Save Spooler Configuration' becomes 'Restore Spooler Configuration'. (This does assume that you have installed the JetDirect software on all the hosts.)

Re: Best method to transfer printer queues

Sandip Ghosh — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:19:23 GMT

For the networked printers which are configured by hppi can be transfered by the command "transferqueue". You can do man on transferqueue to get the details.

Sandip