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Apple has a great article about restricting printer access.

Combining this article with PrinterSetup, and Pykota provides a full featured printer management solution for OS X client machines.

Handy tips for Redirecting Shell Output

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Setting the default printer under OSX from the command line is as easy as visiting Tech Goes Boom or following the instrcutions below.

lpstat -p will show you the printers available
lpstat -d will show you the current default printer
lpoptions -d printername will set the default printer

User lpoptions are stored in the file : ~/.lpoptions