I use a solution posted by Eric Harrison in late January. The only trick is when the user changes printers, using the "Printers" options under "System Tools", they have to then select the GtkLP tab and click "Save" for the settings to stick.
Following is text of Eric's post: > The printer configuration and management tools in the RH8.1 beta are > quite nice. I have been trying to back-port these new tools to > K12LTSP 3.0.x, but it has been more trouble than it is worth. > > As a short-term fix, I can accomplish roughly the same user-level > control with GTKLP. The admin-side config is not as nice, but that > is less important that the user-level interaction. > > GTKLP requires CUPS, RH73/RH80 (and thus K12LTSP 2.1.x/3.0.x) default > to LPRng. Note that RH81 will default to CUPS. If you want to test > GTKLP, > you have to rip out LPRng and install/configure CUPS: > > 1) remove LPRng: > > rpm -e LPRng redhat-config-printer redhat-config-printer-gui > > 2) install cups, cups-drivers, cups-drivers-hpijs, gimp-print-cups > > up2date -i cups cups-drivers cups-drivers-hpijs > gimp-print-cups > > 3) start cups: > > /sbin/service cups start > /sbin/chkconfig cups on > > 4) point your web browser to http://localhost:631 > Click on "Printers" and then "Add Printer", login with the root > password > and follow the configuration menus. > > 5) install GTKLP: > > K12LTSP 2.1.x: > > > ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/2.1.2/testing/gtklp-0.9m-1.k12ltsp.2.2.1.i386.rpm > > K12LTSP 3.0.x: > > > ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/RPMS/gtklp-0.9m-1.k12ltsp.2.3.0.i386.rpm > > > 6) you will now have two new entries in the "System Tools" menus, > "Printers" > and "Print Queues". You can drag-n-drop these onto your desktop for > convienience. New users will automatically get these icons on their > desktops. > > "Printers" lets you pick which printer you want to print to and > options > such as double-sided printing, gamma correction, etc, etc. The > "Printers" > icon supports drag-n-drop. > > "Print queues" is a print queue management utility: delete jobs, > pause > printers, etc, etc. > > > -Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn > For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> END OF ERIC"S POST Robert Harrelson Inside Washington Publishers 703-416-8505 800-424-9068 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 17:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there anyone on this list who has a bunch of printers set up on their > system, and any moron can pick a printer from a list instead of typing lpr > -P printer into a dialog box? > > OpenOffice? No problem, I have all the printers set up there with spadmin. > The users all want to know why they cant do that in > netscape,galeon,abiword,etc. I dont understand why there isnt a utility > for that myself. Surely I am not the only one running linux on the > desktop where users can print to several printers. > > I tell you I am at my wits end with this printing problem. I have about > 60 ltsp terminals company wide that work great. Printing from my console > based foxpro apps is no problem. Printing from openoffice is not a > problem. Heck, printing from the other apps is no problem as long as you > know the syntax of lpr and the name of the printer you want to print to. > BTW i am not using gnome or kde for a window manager , but i have libs for > both installed. > > Anyone have any thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! > Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and > the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
