On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:49:22 +1000
Philip Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Andrius, Roderick,
> 
> 
> > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:05:36 +1000
> > > Philip Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > People,
> > > > 
> > > > How do I force OOo2 to use CUPS as the default printer instead
> > > > of SGENPRT
> > > > (/opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/psprint/driver/SGENPRT.PS)?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Phil.
> > > 
> > > If I get you right:
> > > run spadmin or oopadmin
> > > (my is /usr/lib/openoffice/program/spadmin, yours may be
> > > different), select an installed cups printer and click "default".
> > > 
> > > Andrius
> 
> 
> > > Why not do what others do, make a printer that will handle
> > > postscript in CUPS and use that in OOo?  You will need to
> > > pre-process postscript with a tool such as gs.
> > >
> > > Roderick
> 
> 
> I was not clear enough:
> 
> spadmin only works for individuals - I want EVERY user instance of OO
> to use CUPS as the system default NOT it's own SGENPRT.

> The problem is: currently EVERY printer that is available to users
> on the system via CUPS appears as type "SGENPRT" in OOo instead of say
> "CUPS:s0" - as I have seen on one of our other servers - but I can't
> see any difference between the setups on both servers!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil.

I can only tell you how it works on my Debian box - maybe this will be
of any help.

The printers available via cups appear as type "CUPS:printer_name".
It's not possible to _add_ a cups or any other printer via spadmin,
only pdf converters or faxes can be added; but all installed cups
printers are visible in spadmin and can be administered (at least set
as default).

There are two psprint.conf files:
system-wide - /etc/poenoffice/psprint.conf
user settings - ~/.openoffice.org2/psprint/psprint.conf

All the changes I make with spadmin as a user are recorded only to the
user psprint.conf file - as expected.

here's the beginning of cups printer section in user psprint.conf file:

[hp_usb_DESKJET_930C]
Printer=CUPS:hp_usb_DESKJET_930C/hp_usb_DESKJET_930C
DefaultPrinter=0

A guess - haven't tested: add the cups printer section to system-wide
psprint.conf and set it as default.
Another guess: there must be no other printer set as default in user's
psprint.conf file.

However, if the cups printer will still appear as SGENPRT (the
system-wide psprint.conf default), I give up - then you may need to ask
your distro's lists...  

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