default printer

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Gerhard Hintermayer wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm wondering if it is possible in the following configuration to change 
>> the default printer on the server and get the "clients" use this new 
>> default printer without manual lpoptions interaction ?
>>
>> a cups-server hosting the printers with a pool of browsing only servers.
>>
>> The browsing server see all the printers but don't react on changing the 
>> default printer on the server, exept when restarting them (and deleting
>> remote.cache before start).
>>
>> regards
>> Gerhard
> 
> Is this really such an unusual application or is this the wrong forum ?
> I think I cannot use Classes, since I found no reference to the way the 
> active printer in a class is determined. The docs say the first available.
> I could as well modify the clients.conf on the clients, which gives the 
> desired behavior, but lacks local spooling, which i like to maintain.
> 
> Any hints are welcome
> 
> Gerhard

http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References&QUERY=#UseNetworkDefault

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