From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 14:28:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA1137B407 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 14:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out.comcast.net (smtp-out.comcast.net [24.153.64.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B8943FBD for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 14:28:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zettel@acm.org) Received: from acm.org (bgp966828bgs.derbrn01.mi.comcast.net [68.41.109.203]) by mtaout02.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HEH000NPI90QS@mtaout02.icomcast.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 May 2003 17:27:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:26:57 -0400 From: Len Zettel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <3EB828A1.9BCAED92@acm.org> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en Subject: Designating the default printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 21:28:01 -0000 This is my /etc/printcap file. # @(#)Printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 # $FreeBSD: src/etc/printcap,v 1.12 2002/07/31 10:05:37 blackend Exp # Lines below by Len Zettel May 4, 2003 # Printer name is Laserjet followed by some aliases. # Header pages suppressed with :sh: # spooling directory (sd) is /var/spool/lpd/Laserjet # the line printer device is lpt0 # the input filter (if) is if-simple Laserjet|hp|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1100:\ :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Laserjet:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: # ------------------------------------------------------------- If I do lpr -PLaserjet foo file foo is neatly printed out. Following Unix Power Tools 43.04, p 790, entering PRINTER=Laserjet ; export PRINTER from a console lets me do lpr foo file foo is printed as above. Question: What do I put where to specify Laserjet as the default printer as part of the boot sequence? thanks -LenZ-