Re: Default printer in XPrint/FireFox?

[Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org>]

Magnus Therning wrote:
> I have two network printers configured in CUPS:
> 
>  bern (CUPS default)
>  escher
> 
> FireFox finds both (through XPrint I guess), but it disregards the CUPS
> setting for what printer should be the default one. Can I somehow get
> XPrint or FireFox to use bern as its default?

>From the Xprint FAQ (http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html):
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How do I configure Xprint on the client side ?
A: There are two env vars which control Xprint on the client side:
[snip]
2. The env variable ${XPRINTER} defines the default printer used by
   print applications. The syntax is either <printername> or
   <printername>@<display>
       
Examples:
a.
  % export XPRINTER=ps003
            tells an application to look for the first printer named
            "ps003" on all Xprt servers.
b.
  % export XPRINTER="hplaser19@littlecat:80"
            tells an application to look for the printer "hplaser19" on
            the Xprt display "littlecat:80".           
Note:
   If ${XPRINTER} is not set the applications will examine the values of
   the ${PDPRINTER}, ${LPDEST}, and ${PRINTER} env vars (in that order).
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You either set the ${XPRINTER} env var if you only want to affect Xprint
clients or use the Unix standard var ${LPDEST} ...

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Bye,
Roland

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