HPUX :COPY A SET OF PRINTERS FROM ONE SERVER TO ANOTHER

Copy a set of printers from one server to another

On server "A"

Open "sam ->Printers and Plotters->LP Spooler-> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration"

Go to "Actions"

Click on 'Save Spooler Configuration'

Exit out of SAM

tar -cvf /tmp/sam.tar /var/sam/lp

Transfer the sam.tar file to system B:/tmp.

On server "B"

tar -xvf /tmp/sam.tar

You may need to change the permissions and ownership of these files. To do that run:

chmod -R 755 /var/sam/lp/*

chown -R lp:bin /var/sam/lp/*

Open "sam ->Printers and Plotters->LP Spooler-> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration"

Go to "Actions"

Click on 'Restore Spooler Configuration'

Don't forget to restart the scheduler

Exit out of SAM