AutoPurge/MaxJobsPerPrinter on a single Queue

[Helge Blischke]

David Montminy wrote:
>>David Montminy wrote:
>>
>>>>David Montminy wrote:
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>>>>>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
>>>>
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>>>>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
> 

Yes, you only need to specify different ports for each one.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom

H.Blischke at acm.org