On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Chris O'Regan wrote:

CO> Our students have a bad habit of changing the printer settings from the
CO> printer's control panel rather than specify the options they want from
CO> the command line.
CO>
CO> The number one issue is simplex printing.  I have figured out if I set
CO> prefix_z=duplex in the printcap entry, their job will still be printed
CO> in duplex unless they specifically type "lpr -Zsimplex".  Perfect.
CO>
CO> Occasionally we have students who change the number of copies from the
CO> control panel to something other than 1.  Is there something similar to
CO> the prefix_z=duplex that I can use to force the printing of one copy
CO> unless they specify the correct command-line options?

Are we talking about the physical control panel on the printer? Consider
locking it so it can't be manipulated. Most printers support this.

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