Transfering Printers

[machaya chivaviro_2]

I have 70 printers created on my old box with HP-UX 11 and I do not want to create these one by one on the new server runing Hp-Ux 11i.
Can I just copy the directory files

[Pete Randall]

I believe you can use SAM > Printers and Plotters > Save LP Spooler Configuration to create the /var/sam/lp/lpinfo file, which can then be copied to the new system. Once you get it to the new system, use SAM > Printers and Plotters > Restore LP Spooler Configuration to rebuild your printers.


Pete

[MRSG]

I believe SAM uses /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr for this with the -S switch

USAGE: lpmgr -a | -d | -e | -f | -l | -r | -R | -s | -S | -X file [-v] [-x lpmgr-opts]
a - Add a remote printer.
d - Disable a printer (includes by default doing reject(1M)).
e - Enable a printer (includes by default doing accept(1M)).
f - Modify a printer's fence priority.
l - List info about printers configured on the local system
or about print requests.
r - Remove a printer.
R - Restore previously saved lp configuration.
s - Set a printer to be the system default destination.
S - Save the current lp configuration.
X file - Perform the actions specified in file.

[Raj D.]

Hi Machaya,

Here is something that will help you:


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1. Save the Printer configurations in old servre.:

# /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -S -v -xsavedir=/home/printers/

2. archive this directory to a single file, and ftp this to the new server.

3. extract the file on the new server in same location: ie. /home/printers/


4. Restore the configurations of the printers on new server:

using:
# /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -R -v -xsavedir=/home/printers/

5. check with
# lpstat -t | grep printer_name
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Cheers,
Raj.

[Geoff Wild]

Here's the procedure I use:

/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -S -v -xsavedir=/var/sam/lp/
cp -r -p /var/sam/lp/lp.new/* /var/sam/lp/

tar up /var/sam/lp

Then on remote system, un tar it then:

/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -R -xsavedir=/var/sam/lp/

Rgds...Geoff