Mass creation of iprint printers using script with iprntman?

Has anyone ever tried to create more than 3 printers using a script (bash) containing iprint commands on a OES2 SP2 system?
The iprint print manager is configured as a ncs ressource with its own IP, DNS name and volume.
I tried the following iprntman command in a script without success.
iprntman printer prt01 -c -vvvv --accept-cert --container ou=iprint.ou=location.o=organization --gateway-load-string "iprintgw port=raw hostname=printername" --location "Printer in building A" -s FQN_pmgr -u lumuser -p password
All I get is a general error after creation of the second printer:
Error: general error (Modify of ACL failed, Error: No such object)
Exception encountered in OW_HTTPChunkedIStream.cpp on line 197
Checking rcowcimom the demon is dead. Restarting the demon only end in the message see berfore the restart.
Looks like a race condition in cimom. But where can I find further information (which logs)?
Did anyone else have problems with openwbem / cimom using iprintman or is there another way to create printers in an easy way?
Regards
Joerg

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Fire up virtualbox to be able to use AirPort printing to your imac's usb printers, when you want to print from the iphone or ipad. This also works on iOS 5.
Only problem is error message from iphone to check the printer for errors, even though it actually prints ok.
references:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/26130/how-can-share-my-printer-so-that-i-can-use- it-with-airprint
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033611.html

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