Why not create a small python app which user invoked to set the printer of choice? Then no need to understand command line parameters?
> > On Sep 12, 2019 at 05:25, <Andreas Heinlein (mailto:aheinl...@gmx.com)> > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I am looking for information on setting a personal (i.e. not > system-wide) default printer in GNOME. This is for a corporate > environment with many printers and users which usually do not have > administrative privileges. > > On the command line, it is possible to set a default printer on a > per-user basis using 'lpoptions -d <Queue_Name>'. This will save the > default printer queue name to a file ~/.cups/lpoptions. > > I cannot find a way to set this using a GUI in GNOME. It used to be > possible with system-config-printer, where you could choose to set a > default printer only for you or system-wide, and only the latter > required admin privileges. > > In GNOME, it seems that admin privileges are always required, as it is > not possible to select "Set as default" without unlocking the printers > panel. The GNOME user guide also mentions that "You need administrative > privileges on the system to set the default printer." > (https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/printing-setup-default-printer.html.en). > > > If that is really the case, how is one supposed to choose a default > printer in a corporate network using GNOME? > > Thanks, > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >
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