[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #1970: lpoptions unable to set a basic printer setting

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Kurt Pfeifle <kpfeifle at danka.de> wrote (Saturday 09 September 2006 02:35):

> Ryan Lovett <bugs at spacecoaster.org> wrote (Friday 08 September 2006 23:39):
> 
>> [STR New]
> 
> Please ask for help in the "General" forum first -- this is not a bug
> report.
> 
>> I'm trying set the default behavior of a spool to be duplex. If I run
>> 
>>   # lpoptions -d pr1 -l
>> 
>> I see, among other things,
>> 
>>   Duplex/2-Sided Printing: *None DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble
> 
> In occurrences of "a/b c d: e f *g h i":
> 
>   "a"            - is the (internally used) option name used by the
>                    system, and required on the commandline;
>   "b c d"        - is the (user visible) "translated" option
>                    (displayed by GUI print dialogs, like KDE's
>                    'kprinter', or 'xpp' or 'gtklp'
>   e, f, g, h, i  - selectable values for the options; the one
>                    currently used default one is denoted with an
>                    asterisk ('*').
>   
>> I tried:
>> 
>>   # lpoptions -o Duplex/2-Sided\ Printing=DuplexNoTumble
> 
> That's not quite right. Try
> 
>    lpoptions -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble
> 
> to set your impersonated user's default options into $HOME/.lpoptions
> for printer "pr1". Use (as root!).
> 
>    lpadmin -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

Rats! Stupid typo. That should have been:
  
     lpoptions -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

You can also use (as root!)

     lpadmin -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

which sets the option inside the PPD (that is in /etc/cups/ppd/pr1.ppd),
and hence, for all client print job as well that originate from remote
computers who browsed the local printer.


> to set systemwide defaults for printer "pr1" into /etc/cups/lpoptions.
> Use
> 
>    lpr -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexTumble /path/to/printfile
>    lp -d pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexTumble /path/to/printfile
> 
> to print a job with a Duplex setting that deviates from the default
> option setup. "lp -o something" overrides any other settings which
> may or may not be stored in $HOME/.lpoptions or /etc/cups/lpoptions.
> A user's $HOME/.lpoptions setting overrides the systemwide default in
> /etc/cups/lpoptions.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt


So, for completeness, here again the full version:


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A commandline of

  lpoptions -p printername -l

will result in lines build along the scheme 

  "a/b c d: e f *g h i"

where:

  "a"            - is the (internally used) option name used by the
                   system, and required on the commandline; 
  "b c d"        - is the (user visible) "translated" option
                   (displayed by GUI print dialogs, like KDE's
                   'kprinter', or 'xpp' or 'gtklp'
  e, f, g, h, i  - selectable values for the options; the one
                   currently used default one is denoted with an 
                   asterisk ('*').
  
Based on that info, you may get from this command

  lpoptions -d pr1 -l

a line like:

  Duplex/2-Sided Printing: *None DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble

Now you can use

   lpoptions -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

to set your impersonated user's default options into $HOME/.lpoptions
for printer "pr1". Use (as root!).

   lpoptions -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

to set systemwide defaults for printer "pr1" into /etc/cups/lpoptions. 
Use (as root!).

   lpadmin -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

to set defaults for PPD file used by printer "pr1" (that is, the file
located at /etc/cups/ppd/pr1.ppd). This will be used by remote clients
who picked up the local printer via browsing or polling.

Use

   lpr -p pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexTumble /path/to/printfile
   lp -d pr1 -o Duplex=DuplexTumble /path/to/printfile

to print a job with a Duplex setting that deviates from the default
option setup. 

* "lp -o something" overrides any other settings which may or may 
  not be stored in $HOME/.lpoptions or /etc/cups/lpoptions or in
  /etc/cups/ppd/pr1.ppd

* A user's $HOME/.lpoptions setting overrides the systemwide default
  in /etc/cups/lpoptions or in /etc/cups/ppd/pr1.ppd

* A setting in the PPD file /etc/cups/ppd/pr1.ppd will be used if 
  not specified otherwise.

Cheers,
Kurt