Plist file for Printers

/Library/Printers/ holds the InstalledPrinters.plist file. However, that might not be sufficient. If you didn't remove any printer software and have installed all the requisite software on one machine for all the new printers, then that file and the other subfolders in that directory might suffice. However, I do know that printer companies also create separate folders inside /Applications (at least Hewlett Packard does, so you might be swimming uphill with your objective. Maybe you ought to consider employing a printer server—details are beyond my ken.

I think this is a more complex task than just copying a few preference files. For instance, there is a Printer folder which I believe holds the printer queue application for each printer in each users' library. There are also hidden files which hold some information.

There is someone who has scripts for doing this sort of thing, which you might be able to find on Versiontracker, but as I recall, it requires a fair amount of knowledge about administration.

Hi

You could look at lpadmin? Not tried it myself but looking at the manual pages it might do what you want? Perhaps not all by itself but if your environment is an Open Directory one it's more than possible to utilize the server's Print Service as a managed setting for clients. You can certainly add Printers this way. Couple this with a command via ARD that removes ones you don't want and you might achieve what you want? Worth trying?

HTH?

Tony

Thanks for the feedback. Good computing.

Just a caveat: Apple's print server has not been the most stable thing in the world for many people. I can't find any pages right now, but our personal experience was that it was not stable for very long and it didn't last more than a day if we setup more than 20 ques.