[cups] reorder queue

[Michael Sweet]

Marcel,

IPP has the Schedule-Job-After operation (RFC 3998), but CUPS currently does not support it.

If you would like to see this implemented in a future version of CUPS, please file a bug:

    https://www.cups.org/str.php

Thanks!


On May 12, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Marcel Schnirring <marcel.schnirring at web.de> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would like to change the position of some jobs within a queue
> (class/printer). As far as I can see, there is no currently implemented
> option (also not defined in IPP specification).
> (Note: parameters for this options could be: 1. absolute position, 2.
> before / after job-id)
> 
> We need this option in order to make sure that jobs from one user are
> bundled together (+ one cover page) to efficiently deliver printed
> documents to the correct user.
> 
> Therefore our concept was as follows: Create an own backend which fetches
> the next job and move all other jobs from this user to be beginning (first
> element) of the queue. When there are no more jobs from this user then
> finish the bundle.
> 
> Multi document jobs seem to be a bad option since we want to keep as many
> user specified printing options as possible.
> 
> What would be the best solution for this task?
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Marcel
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair