Re: Setting a default network cups printer [somewhat OT]
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:20:19 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 05:13 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> It seems from the lpoptions man page that the files you cite above are
>>> created by the lpoptions command.
>>
>> Mmm, no, I don't think so. Or at least I didn't get in that way.
>>
>> What I understand from the man page is that those files need to be
>> manually created by the user or by root, not just by running the
>> command. I can be wrong, though.
>
> {Quote}
>>
>> ROOT ACCOUNT OPTIONS
>> When run by the root user, lpoptions gets and sets default
>> options and instances for all users in the
>> /etc/cups/lpoptions file.
> {\Quote}
Okay, let me check it in my squeeze:
root@debian:~# lpoptions -d ricoh
auth-info-required=none copies=1 device-uri=socket://172.16.0.108
finishings=3 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none
marker-change-time=1282231350 marker-colors=#000000,#000000 marker-
levels=-1,-1 marker-names='Toner,Tóner\ residual' marker-
types=toner,wasteToner number-up=1 printer-commands=none printer-
info=ricoh printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=false printer-
location printer-make-and-model='Ricoh Aficio 3030 - CUPS+Gutenprint
v5.2.6' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1282231350 printer-
state-reasons=none printer-type=2109460 printer-uri-supported=ipp://
localhost:631/printers/ricoh
root@debian:~# ls -l /etc/cups
total 52
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1281 jun 29 19:43 acroread.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4058 jun 29 19:46 cupsd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4178 jun 29 19:46 cupsd.conf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 dic 14 10:12 lpoptions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1573 jun 29 19:43 pdftops.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 112 ago 31 17:47 ppd
-rw------- 1 root lp 1352 nov 26 21:40 printers.conf
-rw------- 1 root lp 1352 nov 17 17:25 printers.conf.O
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 jul 24 12:37 raw.convs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 jul 24 12:37 raw.types
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186 jun 29 19:46 snmp.conf
drwx------ 2 root lp 112 jul 24 12:37 ssl
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 90 ago 21 18:05 subscriptions.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 386 ago 19 17:22 subscriptions.conf.O
File "loptions" has been created there.
And now for the user:
test@debian:~$ lpoptions -d hp4250
auth-info-required=none copies=1 device-uri=socket://172.16.0.105
finishings=3 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none
marker-change-time=1280496487 marker-colors=none,none marker-
levels=100,99 marker-names='Black\ Cartridge\ HP\ Q5942A,Maintenance\ Kit
\ HP\ 110V-Q5421A,\ 220V-Q5422A' marker-types=tonerCartridge,fuser number-
up=1 printer-commands=AutoConfigure,Clean,PrintSelfTestPage printer-
info=hp4250 printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=false
printer-location printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 4250 Postscript
(recommended)' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1280496487
printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=10522820 printer-uri-
supported=ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp4250
test@debian:~$ ls -l .cups
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 test test 15 dic 14 10:14 lpoptions
File is also there, so everything is working as expected and manual is
completely right. Why it fails at your side, dunno :-?
>> What was your problem? This is the first post I see from you in this
>> thread :-?
>
> Cups interface at localhost:631 will not connect to any of the tabs
> except Home and Online Help. All others say "500 Internal Server
> Error".
>
> As this thread was about, yet another cups problem, and I had not
> remembered running lpoptions before I decided to see if it would/could
> assist me in solving problem.
Ah, I remember that thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/11/msg01405.html
If you are still facing the same problem and provided you removed/
reinstalled the package and nothing changed, I would open a bug report.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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