Restore Deleted Printers

Thanks Paul. I have reinstalled the software/drivers from Kodak but it doesn't seem to have worked. I will try the instructions as suggested.

Thanks for getting back to me

Paul (in Kent)

Well it's finally sorted. Chatted with someone from Kodak who suggested one very simple little procedure.

After installing the Kodak software... I then needed to Reset The Printing System again. And then it appeared and now works as normal.

Thank you for your response anyway.

Cheers

Paul

I had used Migration Assistant yesterday from 2011 MacBook Pro to brand new 2013 Retina MacBook Pro, and though I had selected everything to be transferred, I noticed when looking at the new computer that none of the printer information was there. Your post allowed me to pull what I needed off the most recent backup and get them set up again without having to go find IP addresses in 5 different buildings!

Thank you!

Paul in LA, you are a Saint! Your instructions were super clear and easy to follow, everything works. Thank you.

I can't even put into words how grateful I am for your help!!!!!

Paul, thanks a lot for writing all of this. You are really great! I used your instruction on OS 10.7.5. It works here too! I got my printers back again. For me it was very important because Canon, producer of my printer seemed to forgot to update drivers to the next OS level. So I tried to delete it and anstall again. It was wrong! It turned out there was no new printer driver (MG2550) to newer OS. And I lost a pretty few hours trying to get it back. But - thanks to you - I did not loose not my printer. Cheers! 🙂

This completely worked!!! Thank you so much! Just fyi I have a late MacBook Air purchased in January 2012 (I think), Mac OS X 10.7.5.

Just a note on some things I did a bit differently:

1. I moved the cupsd.conf.O file over from my backup to my HD and just left it there, no special temporary folders.

2. I also moved over cupsd.conf and cupsd.conf.bak files but because I did already have them in my HD (they were never deleted), I was asked if I wanted to replace the files or add them additionally. I chose the latter (you never know).

Then I checked my printer folder and . . . nothing. So I was worried this wasn't going to work for me. I just kept opening my preferences but within about five minutes, all the printers popped back into the queue. Like magic! So just have more patience than I had.

I haven't tried printing anything yet but I'm so thrilled to have found this posting since so many posts on here don't seem to quite inform you what to do next. With this step by step process, I found this pretty easy, especially for those of us that aren't quite Terminal savy. So thanks again Paul in LA!!

I'm having difficulties following your instructions on my computer. I found everything up until the "etc" folder. And my Macintosh HD isn't found under "Devices". Is there another way about it? Or am I doing something wrong? Please help!!!

Nevermind! I did it! THANK YOU PAUL!!! YOU'RE AMAZING!!!

Awesome! I did the same thing afrter installing Mavericks. The only difference is you need to turn on the hidden files earlier, because Mavericks now hides files that were show in Snow Leopard. Thanks Paul in LA!

Please help! I think I've broken everything even more 😟

I followed you (brilliant and well laid out) instructions and got stuck at the etc. file part. Instead, I reinstalled all the printers files from my time machine back up, but still nothing in the printers.

I've gone to the Brother website, downloaded all the drivers and apparently done the set up wizards fine, but still nothing. I've restarted my Mac 3 times, and nothing.

Is there a crucial file that I could search for that I need to link all these together? If so, where do I put it? When I am in my time machine, I have to select the files and manually choose where to put them (rather than 2 finder windows open at once) so I can't find the correct paths easily.

This is driving me crazy, I've been trying to fix this for weeks, it's 1am where I am and I'm so ready to give up!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Paul, your a star... you may have written this up over 2 years ago but I just followed your specific instructions and it worked. I have about 10 printers some very complex to get working correctly, all restored. I have copied your notes in case I am ever stupid enough to, do this aggain.

Thank you

A couple of days ago I accidentally deleted all printers installed on my computer. I first tried the simple solution suggested by "ncprius2", but it didn't work on my machine. Then I followed the solution given by "Paul in LA" (requiring the TimeMachine backup), and everything got back to normal in a few minutes. Thank you very much - it was most useful. Best wishes.

Hello all,

I haven't been on here for awhile - but I'm glad to see that my instructions have helped many of you. Thanks for the nice comments!

Paul

Hi Paul, bought my iMac (OS X 10.9.4) only last week and today i've managed to make the same mistake :-/ I've started following your instructions but didn't get very far since i've discovered that my Time Machine is OFF...Any advice??? Thanks