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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
