Windows 2008 R2 Print Server DRP

Hi all, I have two servers Windows 2008 R2 with the print server rol on different sites.
One of the server is productive and has around 600 printers and the second one should be the DRP server on another data center.
I need a way to synchronize the changes from the productive server (add, remove or queues and drivers changes) to the DRP server.
I tried to make a backup and do a restore on the DRP server but it's a very large file to transfe from one data center to another, is posible to create a script to keep the changes up to date on the DRP server or do I use any application to do that?
Thanks in advance
Fer

I think there is no better solution than using the printer migration tool.
A script could add and remove queues, ports and even drivers but you'll get stuck on the printer preferences. Those settings are driver dependent and even driver versions can be different in the way they store there settings.
If you don't want to use the printer migration tool you should use print manager to manage both servers from one console and just do everything twice. 

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