AutoPurge/MaxJobsPerPrinter on a single Queue

[David Montminy]

> David Montminy wrote:
> >>David Montminy wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi!
> >>>
> >>>Is there any way to define a different "MaxJobsPerPrinter" for each queue?
> >>>
> >>>I'm trying to setup Cups to retain documents from certain queues and automatically purge documents from the others.
> >>>
> >>>We have 2 "type" of queue on the print server:
> >>>1)From automated applications (Such as Pay Roll)
> >>>2)User-generated
> >>>
> >>>These are different printers, but the jobs are generated on the same server (running as print server). The automated jobs have to be kept for at least a month.
> >>>
> >>>I've tried a couple of combinations of the "MaxJobs", "AutoPurgeJobs", "MaxJobsPerPrinter" and Quotas but I cannot get the User-generated queues empty of old re-printable jobs. It simply keeps everything up to the limit  defined by "MaxJobs" or "MaxJobsPerPrinter".
> >>>
> >>>Is there something I misunderstood?
> >>>
> >>>David Montminy
> >>
> >>Perhaps you may set up 2 CUPS instances which advertize their printers
> >>to the other.
> >>
> >>Helge
> >>
> >>--
> >>Helge Blischke
> >>Softwareentwicklung
> >>
> >>H.Blischke at acm.org
> >
> >
> > I wish I could. This is a Legacy system with 2000+ COBOL applications, so any major change to the printer queues might break something...
> >
> > I can change the back-end, but the way the applications interface with the system (including queue names) must stay the same...
> >
> > David Montminy
>
> .... or you set up a CUPS server as sort of "dispatcher" server which simply forwards
> the jobs to the respective "real" CUPS server. Thus, your legacy applications all
> talk to the dispatcher as they used to ...
>
> Helge
>
>
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
>
> H.Blischke at acm.org

Is there any way to install cups twice on a single server? Because a new server is not an option in my case.

David Montminy