On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:04, Tony Schreiner wrote: > >> I would use printconf instead of lpadmin. It sets up all the >> necessary filters. > > So printconf comes with the system-config-printer RPM, and lpadmin > comes with the cups RPM. Are they "compatible" with each other? > That is, can I (re)configure a printer I set up with lpadmin using > printconf? I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to > remotely reconfigure the printer on the dozen Linux workstations I > manage. It appears the printconf is either a GUI or a TUI, but not > a true command line utility, so it will be more painful to > configure the remote systems. > > Having said that, if there is a way to configure the printer just > right on one system, and then copy all the configuration files to > the remote systems, that would work for me as well. But > configuring the printer just so and determining all the > configuration files is where the magic lies... > > Alfred printconf, runs printconf-backend which runs some python scripts in / usr/share/printconf. You could look there for the gory details. as for recreating a configuration, ...possibly..., copying all the files in /etc/cups from one system to another would do it (and restarting cups). Have not tried this though. Tony Schreiner