[FreeNX-kNX] Specifying Printers

[kurt pfeifle]

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  Datum: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:59:42 -0500
    Von: Brent Davidson <brent at texascountrytitle.com>
     An: freenx-knx at kde.org
Betreff: [FreeNX-kNX] Specifying Printers

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> Is there any way I 
> can specify a default CUPS printer on a per-user basis?

CUPS finds per-user default printers by looking at

  ~/.lpoptions       # CUPS 1.1.x
  ~/.cups/loptions   # CUPS 1.2.x

A user can set his/her personal default printer by running the command

  lpoptions -d my_printer_name

Afterwards, the respective {.,}lpoptions file has the string "Default "  prefixed to the respective line for the printer (if there was no {.,}lpoptions file before, it will now have been created with minimal content).

You can check if and which default printer is assigned to you by running

  lpstat -d

Of course, you can (as root) just create/modifiy the respective {.,}lpoptions files for each user...

Cheers,
Kurt