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

[Peter Scheie]

wilson at wilsonch.gotdns.com wrote:
>> 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
> 
> The script above looks good but is it okay to just create a .lpoptions in
> each user's home directory for the library computers
> (/home/library#/.lpoptions) and add this in? Will it work?
> 
> /home/library#/.lpoptions
> Default LTSPLibrary-Dell1710n scp-fc5=true
> 
> 
> /etc/cups/lpoptions (LTSP SERVER)
> Default LTSPLab-Dell1710n scp-fc5=true
> Dest LTSPLibrary-Dell1710n scp-fc5=true
> 
> 
> -Wilson
> 
Well, as I see it, you want the _user's_ default printer to change depending on _which 
client_ that user is logging in, which are two different variables.  So, unless you put 
some mechanism in the user's `/.lpoptions that detects which client machine is being 
used, the .lpoptions route won't do you any good; it will only work for one location. 
The script above looks at what client machine is being used, and then sets lpoptions 
based on that.  I'm not very familiar with lpoptions, I just use it to set a default 
printer; perhaps one can include such logic in the ~/.lpoptions file.  OTOH, is the 
set_printer.sh script not working for you?

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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