Affects me on 14.04LTS. In my case, I can set lpoptions on a per-user
basis, but if there's no ~/.cups/lpoptions, although the one printer I
have specified is checked as default, and the ooption to set it as
default printer is greyed out, if I say lpstat, it tells me lpq:
Error - no default
The bug also affects me with CUPS 1.5.3 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Workaround
posted by Phil works.
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Setting default printer does not work
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** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired = Confirmed
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It appears that the printer dialogs are ignoring the system default
printer, or they're picking up a default from elsewhere.
If you right-click a printer in the dialog box, then select Set As
Default, you get two options. One is to set it as a personal default,
which updates ~/.cups/lpoptions. If
[Expired for cups (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Expired
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Indeed, changing the ~/.cups/lpoptions did the trick.
So this bug is a documentation bug and a false pretense bug because
the dialog for setting the default printer only pretends to set the
default printer, and doesn't tell anything about the other influences.
I even wonder now which setting the
The DefaultPrinter ... ... /Printer tags in printers.conf are
absolutely correct and not the cause of the problem. It is also correct
that when you set the system's default printer with any printer setup
tool that then the entry in printers.conf gets a DefaultPrinter ...
opening tag.
Problem can
