Re: Off List Posting

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On 9 Sep 2003, Matt Smith wrote:


>> 1) The dialog box that comes up when you print is tough for our
>> users. They are aren't good at putting in Linux commands, and just a
>> basic
>> "lpr" command will send it to the system default printer which is here
>> in IT and not at their desk.  Integration with CUPS would be great, or a
>> graphical interface for printer selection (such as in Gedit).
>>
>>>
> You may want to check out xpp.  It's not quite as pretty as the
> Windows print dialog, but it provides an lpr replacement that
> integrates with CUPS, and lets one select the printer on demand.
> Simply replace the lpr command in your print dialog with xpp.  On
> print, a (fltk) dialog will pop up, listing all of your CUPS
> configured printers.  Pick the one you want, and off it prints. It's
> simple enough for my wife to use -- she is my "test" person, as she is
> a self-proclaimed computer-phobic ;)

There's no standard way to select what printer command to use, is there?
$PRINTER tells you which printer to use (which seems to be the thing that
Mr. Rhodes wants), but no standard environment variable that I know ofcan
tell Dia to use xpp instead of lpr. 

-Lars

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