samba - Jan 2006 - Can I copy printer print drivers to a new server

(Now that I've got the rpcclient problem fixed... )

I am taking down a printer server running Samba 2.2.7 and replacing it 
with a new Samba-3 server running on an entirely different box.  There 
are 15 different drivers installed on the old server (all added at 
various times via a windows client) that I would like to move over to 
the new server.  I've copied the files over to the new system and I've 
looked at the adddriver command with rpcclient.  The problem is that I 
don't really know very much about PC print drivers and so I don't really
know what to supply in terms of the arguments, especially the lists of 
files.

Could I get some guidance.

Thanks,
Rob


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Rob Tanner
UNIX Services Manager
Linfield College, McMinnville OR

> I am taking down a printer server running Samba 2.2.7 and replacing
> it with a new Samba-3 server running on an entirely different box.
> There are 15 different drivers installed on the old server (all added
> at various times via a windows client) that I would like to move over
> to the new server.  I've copied the files over to the new system and
> I've looked at the adddriver command with rpcclient.  The problem is
> that I don't really know very much about PC print drivers and so I
> don't really know what to supply in terms of the arguments,
> especially the lists of files.
Have you tried simply copying all the files in the print$ share across
to the new print$ share, then copying the .tdb files for each printer
as well?  I've got no idea whether it'll work (or even if there
were .tdb files in Samba-2) but that's where I'd start.

Cheers.
Adam.