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Default Printer
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KenCunningham
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Manage Print Queues
Set the System's Default Print Queue
Set the latter to empty.
Manage Print Queues
Set the System's Default Print Queue
Set the latter to empty.
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RodKnowlton
MIS
- Apr 26, 2000
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The default printer is only used when no printer is designated when submitting the job.
When you talk about a job's "allocated network printer", do you mean the printer in a command like "lp -dprinter file"? If so, then those jobs will print on the designated printer, not the default (unless, of course, the designated printer IS the default
).
If you're talking about having different default printers for different logins or scripts, the solution is to set the environmental variable LPDEST to the appropriate print queue name.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
When you talk about a job's "allocated network printer", do you mean the printer in a command like "lp -dprinter file"? If so, then those jobs will print on the designated printer, not the default (unless, of course, the designated printer IS the default
).If you're talking about having different default printers for different logins or scripts, the solution is to set the environmental variable LPDEST to the appropriate print queue name.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
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