[cups.general] is it possible to offload more than one job at a time to an ipp queue?

[Helge Blischke]

Michael Pardee wrote:

> I am trying to send multiple print jobs to an ipp printer on a remote
> server and have them completely transfered off of the local machine
> while they wait to print.  The problem is that the cups client only
> sends one job at a time to the ipp queue - one job shows a state of
> "processing" until it is done printing, and any subsequent jobs
> printed on the client just wait on the local machine with a state of
> "pending" until they move to "processing" one by one as each job
> finishes printing.
> 
> I have searched for half a day but can't find any documentation to
> determine if this behavior is expected and if there is any way to
> override it through configuration. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Pardee
> Open Sense Solutions LLC
> http://open-sense.com
> 888-323-1742

Try appending

?waitjob=no

or

?waitjob=no+waitprinter=no

to the device-URI.

Helge