If you change the default printer with system-config-printer by right- clicking and then choosing "Set as default" you get a pop-up window which allows you to choose either to set the printer as system-wide default or as personal default. To get ~/.cups/lpoptions file with the default printer setting you have to choose to set the printer as a personal default.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/758843 Title: default printer is being overridden by cups server's published printer-list -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs