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 ... -- Regards, Mick
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