Hello again,
I think I'm going to find a solution named Tea4CUPS. It's a cups backend which
catches the jobs before they are forwarded to the printer and lets any
program/script modify them.
With the already mentioned "Set-default-printer" solutions this would be a
reasonably way to restrict th
OK, let me explain it a bit more detailed. We have about 5 printers. 3 in the
computerrooms. While pupils can't use this room without a teacher, we can
ignore these ones. But then we have two other printers. One, which is freely
accessible in a corridor, and another one in the staffroom.
The sys
Hello John, hello Frank,
thank you for this great ideas. I will try it next time (friday).
I understood the first facility, but maybe you can explain the second one a
little bit more.
1. If I set the printer variable, it accesses the given queue on a local cups
server?
2. If this is so, can the
Hello,
that would be a first step. But how? :)
Alex
> Hallo Alexander,
>
> How about assigning a default printer in dependence of the workstation? No
> access rights, but most of the users don't think about on which printer to
> print, they just hit the print-button.
> Frank
Hello again,
thank you for those many answers. I will have a look at k12osn, thanks for the
hint.
But the other two. I don't know if I understood you wrong but in my opinion
the problem is, that a terminalsystem is logically only one pc. And from the
terminal you haven't got access to the "real
at I know where to
begin.
Someone on the LinuxWorldExpo in Cologne this week recommended me this list,
because he knew that here are people, who manage even much bigger terminal
networks. So I would be grateful if someone can help me with this problem.
Have a nice weeken
