[cups.general] printcap files have the notion of an alias of a queue but....cups doesn't seem to..

[wtautz]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> wtautz <wtautz at cs.uwaterloo.ca> wrote (Wednesday 09 August 2006 20:43):
>
>   
>> Hi, As noted there doesn't seem to be the notion of an alias of
>> a queue.
>>     
>
> What exactly do you need an alias for?
>   
Sometimes we like to put in group name or room location.
>   
>> Obviously I know that I could perhaps create a class or 
>> another queue with the same device URI to accomplish the
>> same thing, but it seems as though that would be clumsy.
>>     
>
> Use a class with a single printer.
>
>   
Yes, Michael mentioned that.
>> Comment?
>>     
>
> You can also use an "instance". A limitation is, that instances use 
> the same "main name" of the queue, with an added "/my_instance_name"
> to it. An extension is, that each printer instance can be configured
> to different default print settings. So you could have instances like
>
>    myprinter/duplex_unstapled
>    myprinter/duplex_stapled
>    myprinter/A3_simplex
>    myprinter/landscape
>
> KDE will show all instances as if they were printers. Users would 
> just need to pick the name, and not bother to set their job to use
> "A3" paper, or to "duplex" or "stapled" or back to "simplex" again.
>
> To create an additional instance of existing printer "myprinter" use 
> this command:
>
>    lpoptions -p myprinter/duplex -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
>
> Check for your additional instance:
>
>    lpstat -p | grep myprinter
>
> With KDE, you can use its admin GUI to create and modify instances
> ("[Alt]+[F2]", type "print:/manager", ... right-most tab on lower
> half is for handling instances).
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>
>   
Sounds like kde has it worked out correctly unlike gnome ;-)
I use to use kde a while back before I used Ubuntu which, as you
know uses, gnome by default unless one installes extra packages.

walter
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