[26477] in Athena Bugs
Re: acrobat 7 printing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Thu Jul 7 21:38:20 2005
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From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>
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>> 2. each user gets a local configuration file
>> ~/.adobe/Acrobat/7.0/Preferences/reader_prefs
>Why can't we pre-create the file for all users in the wrapper script
>the first time they run it (i.e. if the file does not exist). Then
>only the people who used Athena over the summer (small set) will be
>affected, and everyone else will be happy.
> Acrobat will initialize to default any settings not specified
> in the preference file. Just give new users a file consisting of:
>
> <</AVGeneral
> [/c << /printerCommand [/s (/usr/bin/lpr -Zduplex)] >>]
> >>
I'm not convinced that this will work until I try it and do some testing;
I'll look into it next week, after I take some vacation time.
I think the most appropriate default to set, if it will work, is
lpr -P${PRINTER}
if that will work. I'm not inclined to make -Zduplex part of the
default print command. I've never added other options to default print
commands before and I don't see a good reason to do so now. I'm
willing to send a message through our zephyr messaging system
explaining how to configure other print options if users want them.
In any case, Athena 9.4 Suns don't have /usr/bin/lpr at the moment- I
think the command should be /usr/athena/bin/lpr -P${PRINTER}.
Alex
