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Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide > Chapter 6 Configuring and Administering Printing from the Desktop

Configuring the Default Printer

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The default printer is accessed when the user:

Drops an object on the Front Panel Printer control
Selects an object in File Manager and chooses Print from the Selected menu or the icon's pop-up menu
Prints from applications that use the default printer

To Change the Destination for Default Printing

To change the default printer for all users:

Open the file /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths.
If /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths does not exist, copy it from /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths
In the LPDEST=printer line, update printer to the new destination for default printing.
If the line does not exist, add a line LPDEST=printer, where printer is the name of the printer you want to be your default printer.
Users need to log out and back in.

To change the default printer for a single user, that user should:

Copy another printer to the Front Panel from the Personal Printers subpanel.

To designate a different printer as the default printer:

Go to your home folder and open the file .dtprofile.
Add or edit a line that sets a value for the LPDEST environment variable:
LPDEST=printer_device; export LPDEST
If you are using csh, the syntax is:
:setenv LPDEST printer_device
For example, the following line would change the default printer to the printer whose device name is laser3d.
LPDEST=laser3d; export LPDEST
If you are using csh the syntax is:
setenv LPDEST laser3d

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