Setting up printers using CUPS - Preset don't copy.

Hi,
ARD 2.2 copies the printers.conf and ppd OK, but the printing presets are lost. Is there a preference file that should be copied as well?

Thanks Ted, that worked.
Apple has got a great easy to read file on this site titled "How to Setup 300 Printers in Just Under 3 Minutes". Maybe they should update the document to include copying the 2 pref files.
Thanks again.

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It appears that Cups deals well with Postscript, but I don't see how it support PCL type printers.
Any documentation on this that we can follow to set up a number of printer queues.

Thanks Ted, that worked.
Apple has got a great easy to read file on this site titled "How to Setup 300 Printers in Just Under 3 Minutes". Maybe they should update the document to include copying the 2 pref files.
Thanks again.

How to set up printers using wired ethernet without appletalk

Curse of Snow Leopard. I've spent an hour or more reading posts to no avail. I have a couple of macs on a wired ethernet network and a couple of older printers. Everything was a breeze to set up using Appletalk but now that I have a nice new Mac Pro and OS 10.6 I'm stuck.
Can someone walk me through this process step by step? Or point me to instructions I can understand? I know the printer IP addresses. I know that for the computers I'm using DHCP which I vaguely know has something to do with the internet. I get that these addresses change and that's bad for sending to a printer. I do not get how to change the printer addresses--they are programmed in to the hardware in both (old--from the '90s). I also don't have a clue what the difference is between IP printer, LPD printer, etc. I can get the system to see the printers and I can set them up but nothing prints. Yes, I could use a print server running an older OS with Appletalk but I'd really like not to have to--power, heat, noisy fans, more boxes and monitors in my workspace.

Well, I suggest you do some experimenting - try IP > HP Jetdirect protocol instead of LPD (Jetdirect doesn't require a queue name).
I have seen other queue name possibilities mentioned on the web - PS (means send to the postscript queue), PCL (means send to the PCL queue), and text (means send to an unfiltered text queue).
text may be a good first try for queue name - to see if anything will work.
Have you tried pinging that IP address to make sure it is right? Is your computer's IP address in that same subnet 192.168.1.xxx?

HeLLO I AM USING AN IPHONE 5 From Last few days I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPEND TO MY SET ITS DISTURBING ME A LOT DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO UPGRADE ANY APPS BECAUSE WHEN I AM TRYING TO UPGRADE OR DOWNLOAD ANY APP THROUGH WIFI ND 3G BOTH AFTER SOMETIME

HeLLO I AM USING AN IPHONE 5 From Last few days I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPEND TO MY SET ITS DISTURBING ME A LOT DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO UPGRADE ANY APPS BECAUSE WHEN I AM TRYING TO UPGRADE OR DOWNLOAD ANY APP THROUGH WIFI ND 3G BOTH AFTER SOMETIMES IT STOPS DOWNLOADING AND SHows THAT "UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD THIS APP" IT'S SHOWING THIS MESSAGE IN EVERY APP AND ALSO AT ITS DISTURBING ME AT THE TIME OF WATCHING ANY VIDEOS TOO. BECAUSE WHEN I AM TRYING TO WATCH ANY VIDEO IN YOUTUBE IT'S DISTURBING VIDEOS ARE NOT PLAYING ND SOUNDS ARE NOT COMING PROPERLY ND THE IMAGE QUALITY ALSO BECOMES POOR AND THE VIDEO STOPS AFTER SOME TIMES THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AT ALL THE VIDEO ND IT'S HARASSING A LOT. THE SAME PROBLEM IS ALSO HAPPENING TO MY BROTHER'S PHONE TOO.. REQUEST TO APPLE PLEASE ANALYSE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR ELSE MAYB I NEED TO STOP USING APPLE PRODUCTS. CAUSE IT'S HARASSING MY DAILY LIFE A LOT....

These are user to user forums. You ARE NOT addressing Apple by posting here.
Also, why are you YELLING at us?? Stop using ALL CAPS.
What steps have you done to try and fix the problem?

I have a iMac 27" i5 with a hp printer 8500a. Using os10.7. Trying to print keep getting error/Library/Printers/hp/cups/Inkjet3.driver/Contents/MacOS/Inkjet3 failed. Any ideas?

Hello
First time on board so I may have some things missing. I have a iMac 27' I5, airport extreme router and comcast network. Using a hp Office jet Pro 8500a plus printer. I can print a page from the "printer contol panel" such as self test diagnostic page. When I try to print a page from my printer the printer goes thru the motions but on the printer q it says error with this message " /Library/Printers/hp/cups/inkjet3.driver/contents/macOS/Inkjet3failed." Called Hp followed theiradvice,reinstalled printer software for 10.7 but same result.
I'm not sure what to do next. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am a happy,new Apple convert after many years on PC.

Hello, I have the same problem, more or less. I have a 24 inch, and my printer is a photosmart. It gives me the same location(except for instead of inkjet theres photosmart). I have started a discussion that could help you...
the discusion is
Can't Print have called apple and HP, CUPS problem?
I made it to help my problem, but it seems to be the same as yours.
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How to set-up printers in Snow Leopard???

I installed Snow Leopard (10.6) on one of my full backup external La Cie Hard Drives. It took about an hour to install-- and everything seems fine-- I enjoy the slider in windows to get icons to 512 size.
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It was kinda automatic with 10.5 - but with 10.6 - just nothing. It finds my Canon SCANNER- but no printers...
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Stephen Schulte2 wrote:
I installed Snow Leopard (10.6) on one of my full backup external La Cie Hard Drives. It took about an hour to install-- and everything seems fine-- I enjoy the slider in windows to get icons to 512 size.
OK BUT how to set-up my ethernet connected Apple LaserWriter 12/640PS
That's an AppleTalk device. You would need to set it to use TCP/IP via DHCP. See <http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21790?viewlocale=en_US> and similar. Good luck.
(about 1997 vintage) and my Canon Pixma i4000R printers?
Canon released a driver for that device in June this year. I'd see if that fixes your problem, or if it doesn't, I'd contact Canon tech support.
They work GREAT in Leopard 10.5.8 - but I can't even find them in the Print/Fax System Preference when I start in Snow Leopard. And I don't know where to go nor what to do to find the drivers etc. etc. etc. I choose to install ALL printer drivers when I did the set-up of SL.
It was kinda automatic with 10.5 - but with 10.6 - just nothing. It finds my Canon SCANNER- but no printers...
Thanks for any comments here -- glad I've kept leopard on my internal MacBook HD!
Steve

Import using develop presets won't work!

Hi all,
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Now what the poster in the other thread said was:
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I have no idea what he is talking about or how one would do that. When I create a preset I simply click the + sign and in the pop up window select what I want, give it a name and that's it.
Edit: Sorry, I apparently overlooked the Process Version box in the preset panel! Must have been a case of not seeing the forest for the trees. Problem solved. Thanks.

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How to you "publish" Bonjour Shared printers using Workgroup Manager?

Dear Friends,
Hello. We have just spend considerable time setting up Mac OS X 10.6.4 server to host some printers to our Mac clients (previously we had used a Windows print server but it was too slow and inflexible). We have the printers we need set-up and shared out as Bonjour Shared printers because that sends out all of the duplex setting we need. I have tried to "publish" these using Workgroup Manager and they do not show up on the list. How do you "publish" these printers using WGM? NOT: We can't just let people select "nearby" printers because we want to set a default and use kerberos security.

Eric T Gadsby wrote:
Anthony,
Thank you for you help. The procedure you outline is what we have attempted to do. We add the Bonjour-shared printers to a client and then open Work Group Manager on the same computer but when you go to the "Printing" pane of "Preferences" the printers do not show under "Available Printers", neither do USB printers.
Hope this clarifies our problem. We would like to use Work Group Manager as advertised but it doesn't seem to be working for us.
Welcome to my world…
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You can do the following
Add a printer directly to a computer running WGM,
Then use WGM to 'push' the printer out to clients,
The model of the printer will then also be pushed out to clients so they automatically select the correct driver but not the correct paper tray/duplex/etc. settings.
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You can then push this queue out to clients via WGM
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Add a Mac OS X Printer Server queue to the computer running WGM (which must not be the same computer acting as the Mac OS X Printer Server) if you do this via IPP, then the WGM machine will get the model automatically, but not any paper tray/duplex settings.
However this queue cannot then be seen in WGM and therefore cannot be pushed out to clients.
Apparently doing custom XML, would allow also pushing out printer settings, but this is so far from 'the Macintosh Way' that only a masochist would do it.
This area is one of the few where the Mac is significantly worse than Windows, it is an area that Microsoft (mostly) sorted literally decades ago. Not only in the Windows world can you push the printer model, and the printer settings, but you can even if needed push the entire printer driver out to the (Windows) clients.

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I am completely uptodate on all my packages as well. Whether I run as root or user doesn't effect it either. I've even tried both the "OSS" and "Alsa" plugins to no avail.
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Newbie in osx, but experienced in linux.
My new imac has 3 printers setup for sharing, but ipad 2 / iphone 4 fail to see them. I am using the belkin router that I owned already, instead of buying an Airport.
I found a solution at askubuntu.com Q 26130 at http://askubuntu.com/questions/26130/how-can-share-my-printer-so-that-i-can-use- it-with-airprint
I setup a linux machine on the network, with no physical connection to any printer. The 1st, an hp fax psc has a usb to imac, as the 2nd, an hp psc, the 3rd printer is an epson wireless, which is only connected on the network by wifi to the belkin router. I'm certain the imac "sharing" is properly setup, because the linux machine has no trouble finding the printers. Only the ipad / iphone have a problem.
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It's possible to use free software (Virtualbox and Ubuntu) to fix the broken iOS 5 Airprint printing with non supported printers. Here's a fix that works on my imac, but should also work on even a windows pc.
My setup is a lion imac with 2 non-airprint supported usb printers attached, a belkin wifi router that provides network connectivity for my imac, ipad, and iphone.
Install ubuntu 11.10 in a virtualbox vm. Specify to use the "Bridged Adapter" with "en1: WiFi (AirPort)" for the network hardware. Make sure the imac's usb printers are setup with sharing. On ubuntu, select System Settings > Printers and add your imac's shared printers to the list. Then start ubuntu's firefox and set "localhost:631" in the address. On the administration tab, under the Server section, check "Share printers connected to this system" and hit Change Settings button to activate it. Go back to ubuntu's printer setup, and right click on each printer and check that the properties Policies tab does not have any messages about it being unshared. If so, then go back to firefox and make sure the Server sharing checkbox is enabled. It may help to reboot.
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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In summary, I am completely frustrated after many many hours of work at trying to prepare an HD-DVD on red laser of my slide show in DVDSP4. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong, and I would be most appreciative of any suggestions anyone may have.
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Can someone please explain to me in detail how to set-up and use FAMILY Sharing, none of the information I have so far found in the documentation helps at all, in fact it puts you in a constant loop giving the same information over and over again
We have quite a few devices from ipads, iphones and ipods and I need to set-up Family Sharing.
We have our main Apple ID which is linked to our Payment method, I have now got my son a new iPad, I have created his Apple ID and set-up a link via FAMILY Sharing to our main Apple ID.
From what I read we should be able to share our purchased Apps between family members.
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Thanks for your help
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Hey GregWr,
Thanks for the question. The following resources provides some of the best information regarding Family Sharing. Included, you’ll find information on making sure the accounts are set to "Share my purchases”, as well as information on downloading Family Member purchases from the iTunes Purchased section. Please note that some applications are not shareable.
Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201085
Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203046
If you don't see your family's shared content - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201454
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HT204053 I have an iPhone 4S and the new Apple TV, both setup with my email as the Apple ID. I gave my wife an iPad 3 and set it up using her email address as the Apple ID. Is a second iTumes Match subscription required for her to use our music from iCl

I have an iPhone 4S and the latest Apple TV, both setup with my email address as the Apple ID. I subscribed to iTunes Match so our music could be played from iCloud. I gave my wife an iPad 3 and set it up using her email address as the Apple ID. When I try to turn on iMatch so she can play our music from iCloud on her new iPad it tells me that she needs a subscription to iTunes Match. Is it Apple's intent that we would need two iTunes Match subscriptions? If not, how do I accomplish what I want to get done?

The problem is that all services are bundled with your Apple ID ([email protected]):
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also iTunes & App Store purchases (Music, Movies, TV Shows, etc.),
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(I guess that all your devices - yours and your wife's are connected to one iTunes library, right?)
If you want that your wife gets her own iCloud account for Mail, Contacts, Calendars, etc. but gets also access to your media then you have two set up two things on her device:
iCloud (Settings > iCloud) with her account (e.g. [email protected])
and
iTunes & App Stores (Settings > iTunes & App Stores) with your account (e.g. [email protected]).
In this case she gets access to your library and could use the same iTunes Match account.
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