[K12OSN] print based on location

[Tim Scholten]

thanks for the help, lpoptions works to set the printer at the command line 
but not in the script. This is probably a scripting issue. I am a newbie, so 
any help is appreciated

this is the script i am trying to use:

workstation='who -m|cut -d\( -f2|cut -d\) -f1'
case $workstation in
ws240.ltsp)
'lpoptions -d ws240';;
ws238.ltsp)
'lpoptions -d ws240';;
ws237.ltsp)
'lpoptions -d ws240';;
ws236.ltsp)
'lpoptions -d ws240';;
esac

i know that the 'who -m|cut -d\( -f2|cut -d\) -f1' will give 
"ws240.ltsp:0.0"

thanks,

Tim


>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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