printing thru GoToMyPc

Chad McWilliams chad at computiprint.com
Thu Jun 23 07:31:53 PDT 2005



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> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:28 AM
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> Subject: RE: printing thru GoToMyPc
> 
> 
> Quoting Chad McWilliams (Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:00:20 -0500):
> 
> > > Note that the PFPRINTER variable is the lowest priority.
> > >
> > > Any of the "-p" series of command line flags will override the 
> > > printer name in the output format, and any of the PRINTER 
> processing 
> > > commands will override anything else.
> > >
> > > <plug type="shameless">
> > > Laura's Quick Reference Guide has a chart on page 83 listing the 
> > > priority hierarchy for the printer settings. </plug>
> >
> > The way I read it in Laura's Quick Reference (page 81 in 
> mine (?)) is 
> > that both PFPRINTER and the default printer defined in Printer 
> > Maintenance are lowest priority.  So which one takes 
> precedence out of 
> > those two?  I'm assuming PFPRINTER does.
> 
> (It's on page 81 of the first release of the QRG, and page 83 
> of the second release.)
> 
> Since PFPRINTER is what pmaint sets in order to define the 
> default printer, they are one and the same.
> 
> Setting PFPRINTER in the environment "overrides" the default 
> printer only because the environment overrides the config 
> file, and so your PFPRINTER environment variable overrides 
> the PFPRINTER in the config file.  (In other words, you have 
> changed your default printer.)
> 
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While I knew the answer, it's nice to know the details.  Thanks for the
info!

-Chad McWilliams



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