[gentoo-user] Changing printing options from within application

[gentoo-user] Changing printing options from within application

[Mick]

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Perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I can't change print settings from within an 
application, e.g. using Okular, FF, etc. I cannot change from colour to 
greyscale.

I can only change these settings if I login to http://localhost:631 and change 
the printer default settings there.

Is this how it is meant to work - what are plain users meant to do?

PS. This is a networked printer.
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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing printing options from within application

[Dale]

Mick wrote:
> Perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I can't change print settings from within an
> application, e.g. using Okular, FF, etc. I cannot change from colour to
> greyscale.
>
> I can only change these settings if I login to http://localhost:631 and change
> the printer default settings there.
>
> Is this how it is meant to work - what are plain users meant to do?
>
> PS. This is a networked printer.
>    

Are the users in the correct groups?  Mine looks like this:

root@fireball / # cat /etc/group | grep lp
lp::7:lp,dale,dale2
lpadmin:x:106:dale
root@fireball / #

There could be other groups that are needed but checking those are a 
good idea too.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing printing options from within application

[Mick]

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On Monday 20 Jun 2011 02:46:42 Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > Perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I can't change print settings from
> > within an application, e.g. using Okular, FF, etc. I cannot change from
> > colour to greyscale.
> > 
> > I can only change these settings if I login to http://localhost:631 and
> > change the printer default settings there.
> > 
> > Is this how it is meant to work - what are plain users meant to do?
> > 
> > PS. This is a networked printer.
> 
> Are the users in the correct groups?  Mine looks like this:
> 
> root@fireball / # cat /etc/group | grep lp
> lp::7:lp,dale,dale2
> lpadmin:x:106:dale
> root@fireball / #
> 
> There could be other groups that are needed but checking those are a
> good idea too.

Thank you Dale, the lpadmin was missing.  It seems I was being extra cautious 
when I first set up cups on this machine a few years ago ...

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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing printing options from within application

[Dale]

Mick wrote:
> On Monday 20 Jun 2011 02:46:42 Dale wrote:
>    
>> Mick wrote:
>>      
>>> Perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I can't change print settings from
>>> within an application, e.g. using Okular, FF, etc. I cannot change from
>>> colour to greyscale.
>>>
>>> I can only change these settings if I login to http://localhost:631 and
>>> change the printer default settings there.
>>>
>>> Is this how it is meant to work - what are plain users meant to do?
>>>
>>> PS. This is a networked printer.
>>>        
>> Are the users in the correct groups?  Mine looks like this:
>>
>> root@fireball / # cat /etc/group | grep lp
>> lp::7:lp,dale,dale2
>> lpadmin:x:106:dale
>> root@fireball / #
>>
>> There could be other groups that are needed but checking those are a
>> good idea too.
>>      
> Thank you Dale, the lpadmin was missing.  It seems I was being extra cautious
> when I first set up cups on this machine a few years ago ...
>
>    

Well, nothing worse than coming home to find out someone you don't know 
printed a very large book.  Naturally, it would be a book you have 
absolutely no interest in reading.  ;-)

Glad you got it sorted.

Dale

:-)  :-)