[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
Affects me on 14.04LTS. In my case, I can set lpoptions on a per-user basis, but if there's no ~/.cups/lpoptions, although the one printer I have specified is checked as default, and the ooption to set it as default printer is greyed out, if I say lpstat, it tells me lpq: Error - no default destination available. If I say lpstat printer- name I get the status. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
The bug also affects me with CUPS 1.5.3 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Workaround posted by Phil works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
It appears that the printer dialogs are ignoring the system default printer, or they're picking up a default from elsewhere. If you right-click a printer in the dialog box, then select Set As Default, you get two options. One is to set it as a personal default, which updates ~/.cups/lpoptions. If you do that, then applications will detect it as the default. If you pick the set as the system-wide default and also check clear my personal default setting, applications seem to pick the first printer known to CUPS (the first one ever added) -- certainly not the one I picked to be my default printer. Doing this twice -- setting the printer as a personal default, then setting it as the system default and deselecting clear my personal default seems to get everything working as expected. However, I do have a /etc/lpoptions which points to the wrong default printer (the one I'm seeing in applications). After deleting this file, the default printer is picked up correctly! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
[Expired for cups (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
Indeed, changing the ~/.cups/lpoptions did the trick. So this bug is a documentation bug and a false pretense bug because the dialog for setting the default printer only pretends to set the default printer, and doesn't tell anything about the other influences. I even wonder now which setting the dialog influences anyway. So I for now am happy, but the problem I ran into is not solved at all because the dialog and the mecanisms are neither clear nor functional. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1328798] Re: Setting default printer does not work
The DefaultPrinter ... ... /Printer tags in printers.conf are absolutely correct and not the cause of the problem. It is also correct that when you set the system's default printer with any printer setup tool that then the entry in printers.conf gets a DefaultPrinter ... opening tag. Problem can be that somewhere else a default printer is set, for example ina ~/.cups/lpoptions file in your home directory or in an /etc/cups/lpoptions file. Please check these files and remove any unwished default printer choices. It is also possible that applications track a default printer by themselves or simply pre-select the printer used last within the application. AFAIK LibreOffice even tracks the las-used printer in the documents, making the default printer being selected per-document. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328798 Title: Setting default printer does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1328798/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
