[K12OSN] How do you setup clients so they print to different default printers?

[Petre Scheie]

You'll have to assign specific addresses to the clients in /etc/dhcpd-k12ltsp.conf. 
Then you can control the default printer based on the workstation name or address.  For 
example, you could create the following script, call it set_printer.sh, and put it in 
/etc/profile.d.

#!/bin/sh
# Set default printer based on which workstation is being used
ws=$(echo $LTSP_CLIENT|cut -d. -f1)
case $ws in
   ws001 ) lpoptions -d library_printer ;;
   ws002 ) lpoptions -d library_printer ;;
   # and so on for the library workstations
...
   # now assign printers for the lab workstations
   ws013 ) lpoptions -d lab_printer ;;
   ws014 ) lpoptions -d lab_printer ;;
   # and so on
esac

### End of script

HTH

Petre
wilson at wilsonch.gotdns.com wrote:
> Our school currently has one beefy LTSP server that we use for the
> computer lab (15 Clients) and library (12 Clients). We have setup (2) Dell
> 1710N network printers in the Lab & Library but how do you set the user
> profiles so each location prints to the correct printer by default?
> Thanks!
> 
> Thin Client network range (192.168.0.100-200 /24)
> Lab Printer 192.168.0.10 /24
> Library Printer 192.168.0.11 /24
> 
> Generic User accounts are created for each lab.
> ==Lab==
> Station 1 - 15
> 
> ==Library==
> Library 1 - 12
> 
> 
> 
> Wilson Chan
> 
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