The <DefaultPrinter ...> ... </Printer> tags in printers.conf are
absolutely correct and not the cause of the problem. It is also correct
that when you set the system's default printer with any printer setup
tool that then the entry in printers.conf gets a <DefaultPrinter ...>
opening tag.
Problem can be that somewhere else a default printer is set, for example
ina ~/.cups/lpoptions file in your home directory or in an
/etc/cups/lpoptions file. Please check these files and remove any
unwished default printer choices.
It is also possible that applications track a default printer by
themselves or simply pre-select the printer used last within the
application. AFAIK LibreOffice even tracks the las-used printer in the
documents, making the "default" printer being selected per-document.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798
Title:
Setting default printer does not work
Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Setting default printer does not work.
This is a nagging bug because it's affecting a commonly used, basic
function.
This bug persisted for a long time already.
Upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04 did not help.
In my system, there are three configured printers: 1) a locally
connected one (which can be absent or not at boot) - 2) the same
printer accessed over the network at another computer - 3) another
network printer.
Printer 3 should be the default printer, e.g. the one which is
preselected when opening any print dialogue.
One can set a default printer in system settings - printer. I did this
many times. The check box is set (and is still set when re-entering
the dialogue later or another time), but each time a print dialogue is
accessed in any program, another printer is preselected and not
printer 3.
One can also set a default printer in the cups admin dialogue. This
did not change the behavior. The desired printer is marked as default
printer in the cups admin interface, but each time a print dialogue is
accessed in e.g. okular, another printer is preselected. So one has to
select each time the desired printer.
Not having to do that each time is what the setting "default printer"
(by whatever dialogue) is for, but it simply does not work.
One thing I noticed is that in the /etc/cups/printers.conf, the
desired printer (3) is marked as <DefaultPrinter Kyocera>, but the
closing tag in this file is not named </DefaultPrinter> as one would
expect but just </Printer>.
Maybe there is a conflict between two different systems for setting a
default printer (cups vs. system settings)?
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