Jeff,
xdialog is your friend. Just write a selection script to wrap
around lpr.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there anyone on this list who has a bunch of printers set up on their
> system, and any moron can pick a printer from a list instead of typing lpr
> -P printer into a dialog box?
>
> OpenOffice? No problem, I have all the printers set up there with spadmin.
> The users all want to know why they cant do that in
> netscape,galeon,abiword,etc. I dont understand why there isnt a utility
> for that myself. Surely I am not the only one running linux on the
> desktop where users can print to several printers.
>
> I tell you I am at my wits end with this printing problem. I have about
> 60 ltsp terminals company wide that work great. Printing from my console
> based foxpro apps is no problem. Printing from openoffice is not a
> problem. Heck, printing from the other apps is no problem as long as you
> know the syntax of lpr and the name of the printer you want to print to.
> BTW i am not using gnome or kde for a window manager , but i have libs for
> both installed.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
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