Re: configuring the lpr/lpd backend

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:21 +0200, Alexander Wuerstlein wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using lprng as a printing system. In Gnome, the printing dialogs
> show up empty except for "print to file". From looking at the source of
> libgnomeprint i figured that there is an lpr/lpd backend which should be
> able to parse /etc/printcap.
> 
> The problem is, I can't find out where this backend is enabled. Could
> you point me somewhere? Specifically I'm looking for some setting which
> is system-wide (for all users) and which I can distribute to a room full
> of computers, so clicking somewhere is out of the question :)
> 
> Please CC me on the answers, since I'm not subscribed to the list.

Put

gtk-print-backends="file,lpr"

in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0