[cups.general] Re: Incorrect default printer

[David Sumbler]

Thanks for that - it's solved the problem!

David

Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter-hi6Y0CQ0nG0 at public.gmane.org> writes:

> There is also /etc/cups/lpoptions which has priority against
> /etc/cups/printers.conf. To change settings in /etc/cups/lpoptions, use
> the lpoptions command as root. the lpoptions command as user sets
> personal defaults in the ~/.lpoptions file.
>
>    Till
>
>
> David Sumbler wrote:
>> I had a problem printing something earlier yesterday - basically, a
>> script was trying to print something as root - please don't ask why! -
>> but nothing printed.
>> 
>> I soon discovered that the problem was that the output was being sent
>> to printer PSC, my inkjet printer, which was not switched on.  I wanted
>> it sent to HP4, which is set as my default printer.
>> 
>> Investigating further, I find that /etc/cups/printers.conf correctly
>> defines HP4 as the default printer, and that if I am logged in as a
>> user, this works fine.  And when, as a user, I execute the command
>> 'lpstat -d', the response is, as expected, "system default
>> destination: HP4"
>> 
>> But if, as root, I do 'lpstat -d', I get "system default destination:
>> PSC", and even after doing 'lpadmin -d HP4', I still get told that PSC
>> is the default, so I don't even seem to be able to change it.
>> 
>> I've looked in root's .bash_profile and .bashrc, and there's nothing
>> there to explain it.
>> 
>> I'm mystified.  Does anyone have any ideas where else should I look to
>> find out why root has PSC set as the default printer in the first
>> place, and why I can't change it?

-- 

david at aeolia.co.uk