Hold all Jobs coming to prnter

[Mohammad]

> Michael R Sweet wrote:
> > Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> >> Mohammad wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have been trying to configure cups on my Debian machine so that it
> >>> holds all print jobs coming to it. I have used job-hold-until=indefinite
> >>> option to do that, but it just holds all jobs coming from the same
> >>> machine.
> >>>
> >>> I want to restrict all machine from printing. I tried different
> >>> combinations but still all machines can release their job immediately.
> >>
> >> Put this line into your printers.conf definition of the printer (on the
> >> CUPS server in /etc/cups/):
> >>
> >>    Option job-hold-until indefinite
> >>
> >> and see if it works for you.
> >
> > Or use:
> >
> >    lpadmin -p printer -o job-hold-until-default=indefinite
> >
> > on the server...
>
>
>
> Ah... I remember having tried that (with a different option) a few weeks
> ago on a customer site (with 1.2.7, IIRC), but somehow it didn't work (it
> didn't put the change into the printers.conf).
>
> I remember wanting to check this in some more detail to see if there is
> a bug with that functionality nearby, but then forgot again...
>
> Will do so now, later this weekend.
>
>
> --
> Kurt Pfeifle
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Thanks adding Option job-hold-until indefinite in printer file solved my problem. Now I'm having problem with releasing those jobs.