Re: Setting a personal default printer (without admin privileges) in GNOME

[Carl-Valentin Schmitt <cv schmitt gmail com>]

What you need to do once in a Linux network as sudo User - is to set the permission for your printer.

You need to do it only one time in your network.

Linux is always for safety a two Level User administration - otherwise printers would be abused. 

Its described here... :

https://askubuntu.com/questions/871249/configure-cups-permissions

When you have HP printers - you can simply Set up Them without being Administrator in terminal with

(hplips package must be installed) :

> hp-setup

(not: sudo hp-setup) 

After printer is set up you can use Your printer as normal user. 

Andreas Heinlein <aheinlein gmx com> schrieb am Do., 12. Sep. 2019, 13:40:

Hello,

sorry but I think you got me wrong.

We have about twenty different printers of different brands, that doesn't matter. They are all connected to the network and set up and shared via a centralized CUPS server. They show up in the settings window just fine, and they print just fine, too.

The problem is that users cannot select the option "Use this as the default printer" because it is grayed out. They would need admin rights to do that, which isn't possible in a corporate network. It is also not necessary, as it works on the command line just fine, without being admin. But of course command line is not a good option for the average end user.

Thanks,

Andreas

Am 12.09.19 um 12:33 schrieb Carl-Valentin Schmitt:

What Brand is Your printer?

After plugin - reboot Your Linux machine.

When printer is recognized by cups, printer should be

visible in gnome-settings Window.

Dont say too quickly "bye" .