IMac Restore Printers from TimeMachine

Hello everyone, I am trying to get my printers back after restoring my new system from a TimeMachine backup. I followed the instructions in this article (http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/how-to-restore-your-printprinter-drivers-after-a -mac-time-machine-restore/) but in TimeMachine I don't know where to go to find "Macintosh HD" to scroll down to the Cups folder I need. I've looked in Library, how can Ifind this root directory, it's not listed on the left along with Documents, User, and etc.
Thanks.

Ok, I followed the instructions by Paul here (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2775350?start=0&tstart=0) but I instead copied over the whole CUPS folder. So instead of restoring from TimeMachine I just accessed the backup files from Finder and then copied them over manually to the same location on Macintosh HD. Seems to have worked Inow have my printers back!!

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