auto switch printjob to idle printer

[Helge Blischke]

You only need to configure the printer members of a class to the common subset of
features. For example, if one of your printers can do duplex printing, but 
the other one cannot, you must both printers configure as simplex-only machines.

Helge


Anonymous wrote:
> 
> Thank's for the good idea Saravan.
> 
> Is it very important that both printer are the same type,
> or are 2 different Postscrip laserprintes as well ok?
> 
> Thank's for any feedback! John
> 
> > Hello,
> >  You could use printer classes.
> > Create a class and make the desired printers part of
> > the class and fire the job to class, which will
> > automatically send the job to idle printer.
> >
> > regards,
> > saravan
> >
> > --- Anonymous <anonymous at easysw.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > > Printjobs from a "database-job" is feeding -
> > > depending on the printjob -
> > > either a laser- or a matrixprinter.
> > >
> > > How can printjobs (coming from WXP-clients) be
> > > automatically
> > > be moved to a second/idle printer ? (without the
> > > need that
> > > the users need to make any intervention, e.g. like
> > > selecting
> > > an other pinter ?
> > >
> > >
> > > If that is not that much automatable, is it possible
> > > that Cups
> > > would - immediately after firing a job to a busy
> > > printer - send a
> > > "message" to the XP-client "printer yxz is busy
> > > please select
> > > an other printer" ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Any tips are appreciated very much (probably there
> > > are much
> > > better approaches available) !
> > >
> > > Thank's,   John
> > >


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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
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