I have a linux box with about 10 network printers installed on it. 
Anytime I print using lpr it will always print to the default printer
no matter what printer name I give it.  Any thoughts?  Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 24 Nov 2004 18:28 PST

Hello Johngl,

I have several ideas but it would be good to help eliminate some of
them before we do any detailed analysis.

 [1] What specific Linux distribution are you using?

 [2] Which printing system (e.g., CUPS) are you using? If not sure,
indicate what configuration files you are using or GUI configuration
tool to set up the printers.

 [3] Which application (or command line) are you using to print? What
steps do you to take to print a file?

 [4] Can you print a test page on all 10 printers from your system? If
so, how did you do it / what kind of output do you get?

 [5] What happens if you do a command like...
  lpr -P(printer name goes here) ~/.bashrc
for at least two printers? Does the output show up on one printer or more than one?

 [6] Repeat #5, but with a program like enscript
  enscript -P(printer name goes here) ~/.bashrc
which generates postscript output as an intermediate step.

There could be a variety of causes for this behavior. For example, if
you use pipeline scripts to process data for the printers, one of the
scripts could have an error that directs the output to the default
printer (and ignores command line options).

  --Maniac