[cups.general] Re: Re: autohold

[Helge Blischke]

Wouldn't it be much simpler to define a printer using a script based
backend 
that simply forwards the job(s) to the real printer adding the
job-hold attribute? This all using only one CUPS server.

Helge


Ludovic Hutin wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a solution to your problem, not really simple to do but very
> effective
> you must install two cups
> 
> the first LINUX printer is configure with the PPD of the printer and
> send in lpd to the LINUX printer on the second cups server..
> the first WINDOWS printer is configure in RAW mode and send in lpd to
> the WINDOWS printer on the second cups server
> 
> then on your second cups server , you have to enable the lpd deamon. for
> each job arrive, he will add the option job-hold-until=indefinite
> With inetd on FreeBSD. I use this personnaly at my university.
> ( printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/cups/daemon/cups-lpd
> cups-lpd -o job-hold-until=indefinite )
> 
> you have in install the two printer on the second printer
> the LINUX printer is configure in RAW mode  and send to the printer
> the WINDOWS printer is configure with the PPD printer and send to the
> printer
> 
> You have to configure the linux and the windows printer differently
> otherwise your printer will never print what you want to print ;)
> 
> It's should working and do what you need
> I hope i was clear in my explication
> If you need more help, just ask :)
> 
> PS: Sorry for my bad english ;)
> 
> Ludovic HUTIN
> 
> >Hi Alfredo,
> >
> >Did you find any solution to this problem? I have the same need and have not been able to find a solution.
> >
> >
> >"Alfredo Daniel Rezinovsky" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I need that EVERY job gets in the spool with an indefinite hold, so only
> >>printer admins can authorize and release the jobs.
> >>
> >>I need to do this in the SERVER SIDE because I have Win98, Win2000, MacOS
> >>and Linux clients.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Alfrenovsky
> >>
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