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I want to use the lpr command within a program. It requires the printer to be specified. How can I find the actual user's default printer's place with a command ...
- 01-20-2008 #1Linux Enthusiast
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How to find the default printer?
I want to use the lpr command within a program. It requires the printer to be specified. How can I find the actual user's default printer's place with a command ?(I want my program to find the printer and to print out a certain document with the user's printer.)
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- 01-21-2008 #2Just Joined!
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If you are using Ubuntu 7.10 try:
System>Preferences>Default Printer; then select the printer you would like as default.
- 01-21-2008 #3Linux Enthusiast
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You misunderstood me! I would like to read it out from some environmental variable! The end user probably have chosen his default printer. My program wants to use it. Is it clear?
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- 01-21-2008 #4Linux Enthusiast
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The environment variable of the defaultprinter should be LPDEST.
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