On 02/02/2007 13:53, "Peter Bukowinski" <email@hidden>
wrote:
> On 2/1/07 7:58 PM, "Steve Dickerson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to install network printers remotely? What I¹d like to do is
>> set up the printers on a workstation and then copy those files and settings
>> to
>> other computers on the network.
>>
>> We currently use AppleTalk to connect to Windows network servers. To set up
>> the printers locally, I¹d open the Printer Setup Utility, click Add, click on
>> More Printers..., choose AppleTalk/AppleTalk Network and then navigate to the
>> networked printer and follow the usual steps to choose the driver, etc.
>>
>> Once this is all done, I¹d like to just copy whatever files are necessary to
>> other computers. Anybody know how to accomplish this?
>
>
> You can configure printers remotely from the command line using ³lpadmin². I
> don¹t find the man page to be entirely helpful, so here are some details.
> The command form is as follows:
>
>> lpadmin -p name -L location -E -v protocol://ip -P "/path/to/description.gz"
>
> -p = What you want the printer to be called in the print dialog
> -L = the printer¹s location (optional, just a label)
> -E = enables the printer (like putting a check next to a printer in the GUI
> -v = the device name, including protocol and IP address (e.g.
> lpd://10.1.1.200)
> -P = path to the local printer description file
I believe you can also use -D to provide a user-friendly/display name for
the printer...
>
>
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