[ale] Simple printer default question

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 13:40:46 EDT 2008


On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I have 2 printers defined in lp and cups.
>>
>> I think I have cups defaulting to the correct printer, but lp is not.
>>
>> How do I set the default printer for lp?  (Yes I should know, but I
>> normally only have one printer available.)
>
> lpstat -d will show the current default
>
> you can change it with
>
> lpadmin -d nameofprinter
>

Getting more confused. I rebooted to make sure everything is stable.

Current status:

lpstat -d shows correct default printer and lpr prints to it

Yast shows correct default printer.  (OpenSuse 11.0)

open office and firefox default to the wrong printer.

Where else do I need to set the default?

Greg
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