setting an option for rlpr
Kurt Pfeifle
k1pfeifle at gmx.net
Wed Apr 13 22:32:38 CEST 2005
On Wednesday 13 April 2005 17:32, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
> I use KDEPrint on a Debian GNU/Linux system and want my print jobs to be sent
> to an LPD print server on a Solaris machine. Unfortunately my Linux user
> name differs from the one I have on the Solaris machine and the LPD checks
> whether the username provided to it is sensible.
>
> I don't want to change my username on the Linux box and am not allowed to do
> so on the Solaris box. However, the problem can easily be solved by
> providing the -U switch to rlpr like in
>
> rlpr -U <my-solaris-username> -H <host> -P <printer>.
So you switch kprinter in the drop-down box to the
"RLPR Environment (Remote LPD server)"
?
> The problem is that I haven't found any way to tell KDEPrint that it shall use
> -U <my-solaris-username> on all calls to rlpr. How do I achieve what I want?
No, idea about how to give the "-U" option to RLPR...
But, would this quick workaround help you?
1. Switch to "Print Through an External Program (generic)"
2. Select "PS_printer" from printer selection menu
3. Fill in the print command "rlpr -U <you-solaris-username> -H <host> -P <printer>"
That should do the trick for you.
> Best wishes,
> Wolfgang
Cheers,
Kurt
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