I have a strange issue here. Originally, I only had one printer connected to this computer: a HP PSC 1310, which was obviously set as the default printer. I recently bought a HP 1100 laserjet for $10 and installed it on my computer. I have gone to both the CUPS manager and the YAST printer manager and set the 1100 to default, but yet whenever I open, say, openoffice, it still says the 1310 is the default printer. What do I need to do to get my defaults straightened out? They’re both connected via USB, FWIW.
if you search using the file search tool, for spadmin.bin
ours is in /usr/share
if you single click on this file, it will give you a GUI interface to set the default printer in OpenOffice; but I am not sure it is any different from just selecting printer default whilst you have OpenOffice open … (I just remembered the spadmin function from earlier versions of OO)
perhaps you tell us too how you checked things in CUPS please?
I just checked actually, and the problem is global; I get the same behavior in Firefox.
All I did in CUPS was go to the Manage Printers panel, then clicked “mark as default” for the 1100. CUPS also says that the 1100 is the default currently.
I don’t think anyone has seen this problem of yours before;as oldcpu said the other day, everyone tries to help out
if you look in opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/kdeprint there should be at least two files: cups-config.docbook and cupsoptions.docbook
have a good read through those;
with linux, sometimes, you just gotta do some reading yourself; the upside is you will be able to help all of us; we would be glad to hear what you learn
you can also join general linux forums: linux questions; justlinux and ask there; let us know how it goes