[cups.general] change of default printing, despite localhost settings
Dr. Scott S. Jones
scott at fyrenice.com
Wed Apr 25 14:22:54 PDT 2007
Michael:
On a different note. I went snooping around in my
/etc/cups/ppd/sethlaser.ppd file, looking for the keyword Manual, thinking
that if i found a manual entry, it might hold the key for my
one-page-at-a-time dilemma.
I found *cupsManualCopies: True and then read that often it is normally set
to False. I reset it from True to False.
Minutes before doing THAT I had printed several text documents to
'sethlaser' the system default printer, per localhost:631 and they all
automatically routed to the laser printer.
AFTER changing this one file in sethlaser.ppd, suddenly now, all print jobs,
unless SPECIFICALLY directed to sethlaser with -P sethlaser or -d sethlaser
as the case dictates, went to 'deskjet' a locally attached jet printer......
Why in the hell, would messing with sethlaser.ppd affect default printing? I
did NOTHING else in between, no upgrades, updates or any other changes.
Scott
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