Julius,

I checked out xdialog's documentation.  Definitely looks like a workable
solution to my woes.  Got any sample scripts you want to share?

-Jeff


> 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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