Distribute printer installation on network

[redeye be]

Hi,

Here's our situation:
We're going to install 7 new network printers (the multifunction copier type) in our network of about 100 OS X computers (and a few PCs).
I was wondering if there is a way to "copy" the print&fax settings from one computer to all of them. This would save us the time of manually adding and configuring each driver.

I had a look at /Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist.
"The document "InstalledPrinters.plist" could not be opened". Which seems logical as it is a 0k file.

Nothing of use in /Library/Preferences either.

Any hints/solutions?

(We currently still run 10.5.6)

 

[Eberhard Werne]

Hi,
If you have a network you can install novaPDF Printer on a single computer and share it as a network printer. You can run your application on any computer in the network and print to the shared printer. The advantage is when you upgrade novaPDF Printer to a new version, you only will have to upgrade on the printer server computer.

 

[redeye be]

Hey Aberhard,

Thank you for the suggestion.
We are however trying (not trying actually, we're doing it) to avoid using a printserver.
Going this route would also disable us from using the installed options on the printers (hole puncher, stapler, ...).


Any other takers?

 

[redeye be]

No easy solution except for ARD.
Looks like we're going that route.