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Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 20 Jun 2011 02:46:42 Dale wrote: |
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>> Mick wrote: |
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>>> Perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I can't change print settings from |
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>>> within an application, e.g. using Okular, FF, etc. I cannot change from |
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>>> colour to greyscale. |
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>>> I can only change these settings if I login to http://localhost:631 and |
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>>> change the printer default settings there. |
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>>> Is this how it is meant to work - what are plain users meant to do? |
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>>> PS. This is a networked printer. |
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>> Are the users in the correct groups? Mine looks like this: |
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>> root@fireball / # cat /etc/group | grep lp |
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>> lp::7:lp,dale,dale2 |
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>> lpadmin:x:106:dale |
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>> root@fireball / # |
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>> There could be other groups that are needed but checking those are a |
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>> good idea too. |
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> Thank you Dale, the lpadmin was missing. It seems I was being extra cautious |
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> when I first set up cups on this machine a few years ago ... |
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Well, nothing worse than coming home to find out someone you don't know |
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printed a very large book. Naturally, it would be a book you have |
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absolutely no interest in reading. ;-) |
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Glad you got it sorted. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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