[cups.general] Make printer to use "number-up=2" per default

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Mon Aug 9 12:12:53 PDT 2010


Michael Sweet wrote:

> On Aug 9, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Helge Blischke wrote:
>> ...
>> Use lpadmin to set a default for this (the result will be saved in a
>> lpoptions file).
> 
> Um, that isn't correct.  Only the lpoptions command updates the lpoptions
> file (/etc/cups/lpoptions for root and ~/.cups/lpoptions for ordinary
> users), and those options are passed as part of the job options to the
> server.
> 
> lpadmin updates the defaults in the printers.conf or PPD file on the
> server, depending on the source of the option.
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair

Yes, lpoptions was what I had in mind, but ...

Helge





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