How can I change the name "CUPS-User" ?
Helge Blischke
h.blischke at acm.org
Mon Apr 6 05:00:11 PDT 2009
leduc wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a little problem with CUPS... I share a network printer (a Toshiba
> photocopier) with other colleagues. The printing costs are shared, based
> on the name of the person requesting the printing. I appear as "CUPS-User"
> on the printer (as all users of CUPS I suppose ...). How can I change this
> name for a more explicit one ?
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Regards,
> GdB
Look into the printer's PPD. It should provide some more or less arkward
means to supply a user identification (maybe configured within the printer)
by job attributes. I guess the "CUPS-User" is the predefined default.
Helge
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