[ale] Mozilla + CUPS (multiple printers)

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Dec 4 05:56:16 EST 2003


Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Is there a way to get mozilla to use CUPS and not lpr?  Or is there
> possibly a way to periodically export CUPS defined printers into a
> format (lpr?) recognized by mozilla?
> 
> I find myself using different printers all the time, and it seems that
> mozilla (via lpr) will only use the CUPS default.

I do this now.  From Mozilla: file->print->properties

There you have 'Print command'  mine is 'lpr -P laser' where laser is a 
CUPS definition for my qms laser printer.  I can change it to 'lpr -P 
laserbw' and I'll get the CUPS defined printer for black/white print on 
that same laser.

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