When I print something (Firefox 5 but also other apps), the option color is always set to Color (CMYK). How do I make monochrome or black & white the default?This is a Kyocera FS-C5100DN with CUPS 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3.[EDIT] Output of lpstat -d -v:system default destination: FS-C5100DNdevice for FS-C5100DN: socket://192.168.0.24So the question is now: Can I change the default somehow on my own computer without changing settings on the server?
How do I make black&white the default?
printing;cups
You can configure CUPS defaults for your account by running the lpoptions command. Run lpoptions -l to see what options are available for your printer, and determine which one corresponds to the color/monochrome choice. For example, with this output$ lpoptions -l | grep ColorColorModel/Color Model: Gray Black *RGB CMY CMYK KCMYI would set ColorModel to Black. Then run lpoptions -o NAME=VALUE to set a default option. This creates a file called ~/.cups/lpoptions that applications using CUPS will read.lpoptions -o ColorModel=BlackOther printers may use different parameters, e.g.lpoptions -o ColorType=MonoYou can define aliases for sets of options and make one of them the default.lpoptions -p FS-C5100DN/bw -o ColorModel=Blacklpoptions -p FS-C5100DN/color -o ColorModel=RGBlpoptions -d FS-C5100DN/bw