Problems with CUPS + Fedora Core

I've seen this problem posted on several news groups, but couldn't find
any solution...

I've been running Fedora Core for the last 6 months and am having trouble
with printing, using CUPS. Basically, as a non-root user I cannot print
unless I specify the printer, e.g.: lpr -Pbubbjet output.ps

The printer was initially set up with redhat-config-printer and
subsequently I've used lpadmin and lpoptions to set "bubblejet" as the
default printer. As root I can print without specifying the
printer (e.g., lpr output.ps), but still not as a non-root user.

I've even used lpoptions as the non-root user to set "bubblejet" to be the
default, but to no avail. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Cheers,
Andrew

"Andrew P. Billyard" <andrew_billyard DeleteThis @alumni.RemoveThisBit.uwaterloo.ca>
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> I've seen this problem posted on several news groups, but couldn't find
> any solution...
>
> I've been running Fedora Core for the last 6 months and am having trouble
> with printing, using CUPS. Basically, as a non-root user I cannot print
> unless I specify the printer, e.g.: lpr -Pbubbjet output.ps
>
> The printer was initially set up with redhat-config-printer and
> subsequently I've used lpadmin and lpoptions to set "bubblejet" as the
> default printer. As root I can print without specifying the
> printer (e.g., lpr output.ps), but still not as a non-root user.
>
> I've even used lpoptions as the non-root user to set "bubblejet" to be the
> default, but to no avail. Has anyone found a solution to this?

Hmm. I don't have this problem, *but* have you made sure that the "cups-lpd"
service is enabled, and have you reviewed the "we don't document it you
n00b, just read the source" configuration files in /etc/cups? Also, as root
and as a user, do you have a "PRINTER" environment variable set?

CUPS configuration is extremely painful for new users: Eric Raymond wrote a
very strong write-up of the issues that got posted on www.slashdot.org some
time back.