print question

[navin]

Hello,
How do i setup default printer system wide
and would like to know how to set a default printer for a user .
Thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

To set a system-wide default printer (which is generally not a good idea because printjobs from all over the world will default to one printer), lpadmin -dmyprinter

To set the default printer for a given user, put an entry in his .profile
export LPDEST=his_printer

Both of these are overriden if the user uses an explcit -d argument in the lp command.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

By the way, as usual a quick man of lp would have gotten you started and would have told you about LPDEST and the SEE ALSO section would have directed you to lpadmin.

[Khashru]

You can use SAM. goto printers and ploters ->LP spooler ->printers and spooler and then select the printer and from action menu set as default printer.