[cups.general] Set username to send to remote LPD/LPR print queue

[Michael Sweet]

You can put the username in the device URI, but then all print jobs  
(from any user) on that system will be associated with that username...

On Mar 5, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Brett Ussher wrote:
> Hey, Michael;
>
> What if the Pharos queues were IPP print queues?  Could the format  
> for the DeviceURI be:
>
> ipp://username@printer_ip ?
>
> Would that properly convert the usernames being sent by the jobs to  
> one the Pharos system is looking for?
>
> Brett
>
>> rca1 wrote:
>>> My school uses the Pharos print system, which requires sending the
>>> correct username to the campus printers. If my local login on Linux
>>> is "localuser" but my username for school is "schooluser", how do I
>>> tell CUPS to send the username "schooluser" when it prints, no  
>>> matter
>>> what my local username is? The queue is LPD/LPR.
>>
>> There is no way to do this, sorry.
>>
>> --
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>> com
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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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