Setting a default printer for a user

To set the default printer for a user, set the LPDEST shell variable in that user's .profile or .cshrc file.

• For Bourne or Korn shells (.profile):
  
  LPDEST= printer;export LPDEST

• For C shell (.cshrc):
  
  setenv LPDEST printer

See also:

• lpadmin(1M) (for command-line interface)