Re: [SLE] Multiple Printers

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 02/07/04

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    Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 23:23:18 -0500
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    Tom Allison wrote:
    > I have two printers on my CUPS network (B&W, Color).
    > I can toggle the DEFAULT setting easily enough.
    >
    > But how do I select which printer from Mozilla, Gimp, or OpenOffice?
    > (Just about everything else would be BW only)
    >
    > I'm not looking to have two sets of default printers since most of the
    > Mozilla and OpenOffice stuff will always be BW, but I don't have any
    > idea how to select Color for these applications without changing the
    > Default setting at the desktop. Probably not the ideal process.
    >
    > Any help would be appreciated.
    >
    >

    I use CUPS and Kprinter. An app prints to Kprinter, which then allows
    me to select which printer or other output I want to use. I have two
    printers configured via CUPS along with PDF, e-mail PDF etc., in Kprinter. 

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