[cups.general] Howto effectively use the PreserveJobFiles directive

[Michael Sweet]

On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Lt. John J. Dunbar wrote:

> In an office setting, I want to be able to preserve print jobs for a period of time, so that they can be reviewed if necessary. I have a few questions concerning this.
> 
> I am using 1.4.2 on Archlinux.
> 
> All of these assume "PreserveJobFiles On":
> 
> 1) Where are they stored? /var/cache/cups?

/var/spool/cups

> 2) Are they in a readily viewable format? Like PostScript or something like that?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Most apps will generate PS or PDF.

> 3) If so, can they be viewed through the web interface?

No.

> 4) In the cupsd.conf reference it says that the files will only be deleted when the admin chooses "cancel" however the only option I see is to reprint (web interface). It seems I can only cancel ALL jobs for the entire printer.


Right. CUPS will also age out files based on the MaxJobs, MaxJobsPerUser, and MaxJobsPerPrinter directives.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer



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