options on server and instances

[Michael Sweet]

james_hurford at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Micheal,
> 
> thanks for the quick reply.
> 
> I tried
> 
> lpadmin -p asic1_300dpi -o media=A4,resolution=300

You can't separate the options with commas, that makes for another
value for the same option...

> and
> 
> lpadmin -p asic1_300dpi -o media=A4
> 
> but this was not reflected on the web front end.  It still shows
> printer asic1_300dpi having a default media of Letter and resolution
> is still 600dpi.

Hmm, try:

     lpadmin -p printername -o PageSize=A4 -o Resolution=300dpi

> I have just had a look at printers.conf and there is nothing in there
> either .

The server defaults are in the PPD file.

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