Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 18:05:32 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> hi guys,
> 
> is there any way how to override printer settings from xpp, lpr or 
> another frontend? we are printing through cups server...
> 
> what i want to accomplish? currently, any settings i make in, e.g., xpp 
> (long/short edge, duplex on/off, number of pages per sheet of paper, 
> ...) are ignored and our printers print it according to their settings. 
> from windoze clients the print dialog act as expected...
> 
> i would be very grateful for any hints how to accomplish this. having to 
> move to windoze machine every time i (and my colleagues as well) need to 
> print more complex 'layout' is annoying...

"lpoptions" should always work to set options for CUPS printers. You can
check with "lpoptions -l" what is known/available.

(I am not 100% sure whether I understood your problem correctly.)

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Regards,
          Florian