Hello, this is possible, of course, but I still wonder if there is no real "official" solution. I sometimes get the feeling that GNOME is geared solely towards the private end user and GNOME folks have given up on the idea of GNOME in a corporate networked environment...
Bye, Andreas Am 12.09.19 um 12:12 schrieb Thornton Richard: > 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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