[wplug] one more?

harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu
Mon May 21 20:26:49 EDT 2001


On Mon, 21 May 2001, T Quine wrote:

> lpr -P<printernam> file.txt
> 
> in your case,
> lpr -Plp0 file
> will print it to the local printer, and
> lpr -PJetDirect file
> will print it to whatever JetDirect is in your printcap.
> 
> You can also set your $PRINTER env variable.
> 
> (reading man pages isn't *THAT* hard, is it?)
> 
> -QUINE-

i believe what he wanted was a way to specify the default printer
(assuming it would be done based possibly on the application or the
user) specifically -without- invoking the lpr command.

i think he already knows the syntax of lpr.


> 
> >From: Doug Green <doug.green at verizon.net>
> >Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> >To: wplug at wplug.org
> >Subject: [wplug] one more?
> >Date: 21 May 2001 14:38:37 -0400
> >
> >OK, I realize I'm dangerously close to being over my quota of questions
> >for the day, but perhaps someone else will benefit from this too...
> >
> >Is there a convenient way to send a print job to one printer vs.
> >another? I currently have 3 printers configured on my RH7.1 system
> >(using printconf-gui). One is local (lp0) and two are networked
> >(JetDirect). The only way I can change which printer I'm spooling to
> >(currently) is to "su" and make that printer default with the
> >printconf-gui tool. There must be a user-space solution to this problem,
> >without invoking lpr from the command line (isn't there??)?
> >
> >Thanks again...
> >
> >Doug
> >
> >
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