Environment
Novell SUSE Linux
Situation
How to replicate your CUPS Environment.
Resolution
Steps for backing up the printers:
1. Open a terminal and login as root.
#su
2. Copy the /etc/cups/printers.conf file to a safe location
#cp /etc/cups/printers.conf /<Safe Location>
3. Copy the PPDs associated to each of the printers to a safe location
#cp /etc/cups/ppd /<Safe Location>
Steps for restoring the printers:
1. Open a terminal and login as root.
#su
2. Copy the /etc/cups/printers.conf file from the safe location
#cp /<Safe Location> /etc/cups/printers.conf
3. Copy the PPDs associated to each of the printers from the safe location
#cp /<Safe Location>/* /etc/cups/ppd/
4. Restart CUPS
#rccups restart
1. Open a terminal and login as root.
#su
2. Copy the /etc/cups/printers.conf file to a safe location
#cp /etc/cups/printers.conf /<Safe Location>
3. Copy the PPDs associated to each of the printers to a safe location
#cp /etc/cups/ppd /<Safe Location>
Steps for restoring the printers:
1. Open a terminal and login as root.
#su
2. Copy the /etc/cups/printers.conf file from the safe location
#cp /<Safe Location> /etc/cups/printers.conf
3. Copy the PPDs associated to each of the printers from the safe location
#cp /<Safe Location>/* /etc/cups/ppd/
4. Restart CUPS
#rccups restart