How to set default printer?

[Steve_18]

Hi I am using HP-UX System V box and when I tried to lp store_list. It went to the wrong printer. Now Iwant to set it up to the correct printer. How?? Thanks

Steve

[Vikas Khator]

Hi ,

You can set it using SAM .

If you want to do it for one user set the LPDEST environment variable

Runtime you can use lp -d

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Steve:

You have several options.

1. You can use SAM to add a printer and declare it as the "default" printer during its creation.

2. You can issue your print request like this:

# lp -d

3. You can set and export the LPDEST variable, in your $HOME/.profile (for instance):

# LPDEST=mydestination
# export LPDEST
# lp

4. Lastly, you can use 'lpadmin' to simply declare the default destination:

# lpadmin -d

...JRF...

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

"/usr/sbin/lpshut;/usr/sbin/lpadmin -pHP -orm$B -orpHP -mrmodel -v/dev/null -orc -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel;/usr/sbin/accept HP;/usr/bin/enable HP;/usr/sbin/lpsched;/usr/sbin/lpadmin -dHP"

[Rob Smith]

Use the LPDEST variable this way you can set different default printers for different users or a system wide default with the metheods outlined above. Depends on your needs

Rob

[Tom Gore]

James & Rob,

Thanks for that insight. The default printer that was set up is on the other side of our building. It isn't too bad when you can specify where your print is sent (lp -dXXX filename), it's when you are using something like SAM (or another utility) that only has a "print" option. The print gets sent to the default printer NMW (no matter what). :-)