Adding many printers via lpadmin

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Adding many printers via lpadmin

I need to add a few hundred printer configs on my Xserve (10.5.8), once, and I'd prefer to manipulate a spreadsheet to create a script, rather than clicking through the add printer GUI for hours.

Anyway the lpadmin command works great to add one printer, but when I combine several lines in a script, I only get the last printer in the script added. I see no add or append options in the man pages.

Here's what I'm working with so far:

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p print.server.com -E -v lpd://print.server.com/queue_name -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Lexmark\ T644.gz -D printer_name

Can anyone advise what I'm missing?

thanks so much,
Darrin

10.5.8

Posted on Jan 11, 2010 10:38 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 12, 2010 1:46 PM in response to DPert

Here's what I tend to use.


sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p skippy -v socket://falcon.americas.sgi.com:9100 -P "HP LaserJet 4000 Series.gz"
sudo /usr/sbin/cupsenable skippy
sudo /usr/sbin/accept skippy
sudo /usr/bin/lpoptions -o Resolution=600dpi -o Option1=True -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble -o InputSlot=Auto

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Jan 14, 2010 4:42 AM in response to Nils C. Anderson

My command works just fine when run singularly.

Problem is, if I write a few more lines, but define different printers, and wrap that up in a shell script; when it runs, I only get the last defined printer. Each time the command runs, it overwrites the results of the last line.

I need some sort of syntax to add or append, but don't see that option in the man pages.

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etresoft

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Jan 14, 2010 6:24 AM in response to DPert

Are you changing the queue names?

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Jan 20, 2010 8:33 AM in response to DPert

I got the answer elsewhere, so for the archive...

I thought I needed the -p option to reference my print server. No. This should actually be the printer/queue name. That also negates the need for the -D option. So the correct syntax is:

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printer_name -E -v lpd://print.server.com/queue_name -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Lexmark\ T644.gz

Darrin

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