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[Mat]

After a backup of the entire disc that I did by dropping the whole disc to the new one, all my desktop printer symbols are gone. I do not remember how I get all that symbols (most are PPDs used from within Laserwriter back to the desktop.

Can you explain it to me? Also I do not completely get why these printers can only exist once at a Mac, and are automatically deleted from the original place when I copy them to another,  ... ?

[Mat]

Nobody any idea?

Come on, the knowledge is at some brain here!

[IIO]

i never really got a hang on desktop printers, desktop accessories or the suitcase file format because i dont think these things belong to how a macos should work.

but when i remember right, a desktop printer symbol is something like an alias... which is automatically created whenever you choose a new printer in the chooser utility while the printer is connected and running so that the driver finds it.

[Protools5LEGuy]

After a backup of the entire disc that I did by dropping the whole disc to the new one, all my desktop printer symbols are gone. I do not remember how I get all that symbols (most are PPDs used from within Laserwriter back to the desktop.

Maybe re-building the desktop?