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here on kubuntu 12.04 is pretty simple set your default printer .... and i guess is simple in the others distro the option is disable only because i have only that printer but if you select the second printer , that actually is the fax you can set like default 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 > > That is for system defaults. Need personal defaults. > That is how I normally do system defaults. > > IF you are on lpadmin user you can do what you want .....via firefox. for user in youruserlist ; do sudo adduser $USER lpadmin ; done anyway if you want restrict and manage your system you can always .... kdesudo kate /etc/cups/cupsd.conf NOTE KDESUDO is only for kubutnu i guess , if you don't use it you shoudl be able to do sudo kate /etc/cups/cupsd.conf search for this : (CTRL F) (line 72 and 117 ) CUPS-Set-Default and remove them ... restart cups no password should be required via firefox... choose the option you want... the conf file is pretty simple. > > > 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” > > I was aware of lpoptions command. > No way a normal user can deal with that. > > It's just too bad that kde has lost so much ground for enterprise use :-( > Then again the alternatives are as bad or worse. > > > > 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. > ___________________________________________________ > 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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