[ale] Simple printer default question

[Jeff Lightner]

Ever notice how suse and sucks start with the same 2 letters?  :p

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Let the flames begin...

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
Freemyer
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:34 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Simple printer default question

Resolved,

OpenSUSE also has a configure desktop application that sets per user
overrides.  Updating my default printer there fixed my issue.

Greg

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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