HELP, I Lost ALL My Printer Drivers After a OS 10.4 Reinstall

I had to reinstall OS 10.4. I chose the option to "archive and install". So my hard drive has a folder called "previous system".
My printer set up is more complicated than most I have many printer's that are networked. It was very difficult to get them all working. Now none of them are working!
I'm hoping one of you geniuses can tell me the easy way to fix this. I'm assuming the correct drivers are somewhere on the "previous system" folder.
THANKS for reading.
(In case sure wondering why I had to reinstall 10.4, I made the mistake of purchasing a eSATA card for my Powermac from a company that does not provide a way to uninstall the drivers! It was suggested that I "simply" reinstall the Mac OS!
NEVER install anything unless there's a way to uninstall it. That's just my opinion.)
G5 PowerMac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Hi WP, copying it there is fine. I wouldn't worry about the special permissions too much, you'll find out if it works soon enough and permissions can always be changed. You can, if you like copy each folder individually, if this procedure addresses your issue better.
Let us know.
-mj
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