[CentOS] Default printer environment variable

[Bisbal, Prentice]

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm trying to get the iSeries Access for Linux client (IBM 5250
> emulator) working on a CentOS 4.4 system.  The client is mostly
> working - it connects to the remote AS/400, the custom keymap I
> created is recognized, etc.  The only problem is printing to a local
> printer.  
> 
> The docs for the client state that it reads the default printer
> environment variable to figure out which printer to print to on the
> local side.  What's the default printer environment variable? 
> $PRINTER? I'm lost on this one since I've never had to set it before.

Yes, it's PRINTER. Set it to the name of the printer you want to use. If
your printer is named foo, then do

export PRINTER=foo

If all users will use the same printer, you can create shell scripts in
/etc/profile.d to set this variable for all users at login time. 


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Prentice 



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