How do I define a default printer command under Unix?

This is controlled by an option in the “Option Inspector”.

http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/interface/options/inspector.html

With “Set Option Values for” set to global, set the option

Notebook Options → Printing Options → Printing Options → "UnixShellPrintingCommand"

to a command.

The printer command is defined by the XResource printCommand. This can be specified in the file given by

Edit the line

printCommand: command

or in the file ~/.Xdefaults add the line

XMathematica*printCommand: command

From the command line, execute

xrdb ~/.Xdefaults

to make the changes take effect.

The command will appear in the print dialog box by default. This can be used to set the default printer or many other printing defaults.

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