Make printer to use "number-up=2" per default

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Mon Aug 9 06:45:37 PDT 2010


Tobias wrote:

> Hi,
> i want to have a printer working in a way that it always prints 2 pages on
> one sheet per default.
> 
> It already worked fine so that the printer always prints black&white and
> duplex by editing the default values directly in the ppd file, like:
> 
> *DefaultDuplex: DuplexNoTumble
> 
> Unfortunately there is not such a option for number-up.
> 
> When i print with the command line using number-up=2 it works fine.
> 
> So, my question: can i somehow set the default value for a specific
> printer to number-up=2? It doesn`t matter if i can set this option in the
> ppd file or somewhere else (like in the printers.conf or can i define a
> simple filter that adds the number-up option?) - it only should work :)
> 
> I already spent 2 days on that and i`m very happy for any
> hints/suggestions! Thx
> Tobias

Use lpadmin to set a default for this (the result will be saved in a 
lpoptions file).

Helge






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