[cups.general] Default Printer location

[Pat H. Minatra]

So what sets the 'network default' printer?  I thought the 'network default'
printer was done by being root and running the command 'lpoptions -d
printername'; but based on this I seem to be confused.

Thanks for any clarification.


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-----Original Message-----
From: cups-bounces at easysw.com [mailto:cups-bounces at easysw.com] On Behalf Of
Michael Sweet
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:26 AM
To: cups at easysw.com
Subject: Re: [cups.general] Default Printer location

Minatra, Pat H. wrote:
> Why does /etc/cups/printers.conf report the default printer to be
> different from the lpstat -d command?

The default in /etc/cups/printers.conf (or classes.conf) is the
*server* default (also known as the network default printer in
CUPS 1.2).

The lpstat -d command reports the *user* default which may be
different.  The "lpoptions -d printername" command sets the
user default printer, which is stored in /etc/cups/lpoptions when set
by root or ~/.lpoptions (CUPS 1.1.x) or ~/.cups/lpoptions (CUPS 1.2)
when set by an ordinary user.

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