UPDATE RE: printer specification - Is this a bug?

["Russell L. Harris" <rlharris hal-pc org>]

After posting the message below, I executed "apt-get dist-upgrade".   
About an hour later, the problem FOR THE MOST PART has disappeared.   
The CONFIGURE button still is dimmed-out, but now, when a "custom"  
printer location is entered, the location is retained from one print  
job to the next.  (What a relief!)

So it appears that the problem I described earlier (together with the  
problem of the CONFIGURE button being dimmed out) lies in the Gnome2  
desktop, rather than in Balsa.

I failed to mention that I have been loading packages and updating from  
the Debian "unstable" archive, because some of the packages I am  
running have not yet made it to "testing" or "stable".

RLH

MY PREVIOUS MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
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Two weeks ago, I posted to this list the following message, but have  
received no replies, so I'll try again:

I am using Balsa 2.0.15 on the Gnome2 desktop in Debian 3.0.

I would like to be able to change the default print command string   
from "lp" to something such as "lpr -Phplj4ps".

But using:

 menu -> print -> printer tab -> "settings" and "location" fields

I discover that the "settings:configure" button is dimmed-out.  Under  
"location", I am able to select "custom" and then enter "lpr -  
Phplj4ps", but this change holds only for one print job; immediately  
afterward, the default reverts to "lp".

Am I taking the wrong approach, or has the ability to change the  
default print command string not yet been implemented?

I have searched through all the menus, and have tried Gnome Command  
Center, and I find no place in which to set the default printer for all  
applications.

RLH

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