Undo Reset Printing System
I accidentally did a "Reset Printing System…". What do I have to restore from a Time Machine backup to undo it?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
It would be easier to just add your printers again.
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how do you do this? can you be more specific? I had a bunch of networked printers and I don't want to have to add them all again (they were all added with IP addresses that I would have to look up again)
Try restoring the org.cups.printers.plist in your HD/Library/Preferences/ folder. I imagine you will have to restart to get it to re-read the list, but not sure. Also, I'm not sure if that is the only file that is required.
There are also preferences for each user which I believe are rewritten after a reset, starting with com.apple.print.... The user Printers folder may need to be replaced as well. There may be hidden files as well.
You might want to restore your custom presets from the Preferences folder of your user library.
Undo Reset Printing System