On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :(
Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-)
On the root prompt which (I assume!) has the C shell
as the default dialog shell,
% echo $PRINTER
or
% printenv PRINTER
should show the correct name. The lp* tools will then
use it (if set).
> [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat /etc/csh.cshrc
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/csh.cshrc,v 1.3.56.1.6.1 2010/12/21 17:09:25 kensmith Exp
> $
> #
> # System-wide .cshrc file for csh(1).
>
> setenv PRINTER Deskjet
I also have this in mine (although "Laserjet" is the
name for the standard printer, and "Laserjet-nodup" for
an "additional" printer without the duplexer). My login
shell is the C shell. When I start bash from a csh
prompt, I can also use the lp* commands, as $PRINTER
will be "inherited".
> But if I change lpr to lpr -P Deskjet, I can print. Then I will need
> to play with it some more?
Make sure the settings are in effect. According to the
manpages and my experience (that it _does_ work this
way) show that if $PRINTER is present, it will be used
as the default -P parameter. It makes things easier.
For example, _all_ printing does to the default printer.
If a temporary change is needed, just set $PRINTER to a
different value as long as you need it. If it's a "one
time only" use, -P is definitely better.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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