[K12OSN] print based on location

[Christopher K. Johnson]

Tim Scholten wrote:

> hi
> I am trying to make it so that when a user prints, it will print to 
> the printer in the same room. I looked in the archives an found this 
> thread 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2003-October/msg00139.html , 
> exactly what i am trying to accomplish here.
>
> I tried using his script in /etc/profile.d/ with the changes for this 
> location, but the default printer is still the original default.
>
> Is there else who has had a similar situation? If so what was your 
> solution?
>
> thanks for any help,
> Tim

Ok, the answer is - use 'lpoption -dprintername' from within the script.
It updates ~/.lpoptions with the new default, overriding the cups 
default printer for that user.
Wouldn't hurt to do that in addition to setting PRINTER env variable.

See 'man lpoptions'

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