You have an old kde , you should consider to upgrade it , but if you don't want .... ll you can always use your browser to set your printer .....
just open firefox or your browser and go here http://localhost:631/printers/ select your printer then ..... on administration box select : set like server default you can see here http://simplest-image-hosting.net/png-0-fn2058 btw ..... on kde 4.8.2 i have : system settings => printer configuration => as you can see here i can't set the printer like default printer ...to solve that kdesudo systemsettings http://simplest-image-hosting.net/png-0-bw2058 again if you can't do that you can set your default printer using this method : type lpoptions you should see something like this poptions auth-info-required=none copies=1 device-uri=hp:/usb/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?serial=CN113F81FP05CQ finisets=none,none marker-change-time=0 number-up=1 printer-commands=none printer-info='HP Officejet 4500 Ged=true printer-location=pavillion printer-make-and-model='HP Officejet 4500 g510g-m, hpcups 3.11.7' pinter-state-reasons=paused printer-type=167948 printer-uri-supported=ipp://localhost:631/printers/Offi to set your printer like default in my case . using the name you can extract from this line device-uri=hp:/usb/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?serial=CN113F81FP05CQ lpoptions -d “Officejet_4500_G510g-m” you can use sudo before lpoptions if you can't set it like normal user. 2012/5/8 John McMonagle <[email protected]> > We have many printers and people need to set their default printer. > > Also we have large multifunction printers that need account codes and a > lot of > other options. > To make it manageable people set up instances with sets of options for > various > projects. > > Using kde 3.5 could do it all in Control Center with a nice user > interface. > I can't seem to find any way to get the job done in kde 4.4. > > The best I can find so far is using xpp. > > Is there anything available? > > John > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. >
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