printerconfiguration transfer to a new system

[Werner Placke]

hy admin's
can i transfer the printerconfiguration of 30 printers on system1 to system2 and how must i proceed?
the printers are connected with intel-netports or jetadmin-cards as "remote printers"
system1: HP 9000/819/K210 with hp-ux 10.20
system2: 9000/879/K260 with hp-ux 11.0

sorry for my english!!

Thanks in advance

werner placke

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi Werner.
Copy the directory /var/spool/lp to your new machine. But be careful and check, whether there are links in the subdirs. The file members should contain all your printers.
Also copy the hosts file and edit it on your new machine to find the ip-adresses for the printers.
German :
Verzeichnis /var/spool/lp auf neue Maschine bringen. Pruefen auf alter Maschine wegen Links in den Subdirs. Datei members sollte alle Printer enthalten. Auch hosts kopieren undf editieren auf neuer Maschine wegen IP-Adressen der Printer.
Rgds
MfG
Alexander M. Ermes

[Ruediger Noack · Accepted solution]

A simple wax is using SAM :
Printers and Plotters -> LP Spooler -> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration.
Transfer the output file to your second box and restore it. Don't forget the network configuration (DNS, hosts, ...)

Ruediger

[Werner Placke]

Hy Ruediger,
can you tell me the name of the outputfile?

[Werner Placke]

Hy Ruediger again!!
the informations are stored under /var/sam/lp

is this correct?

Thanks very much!!


Werner Placke

[Ruediger Noack]

default is /var/sam/lp/lpinfo

Ruediger