[cups] reorder queue

[Marcel Schnirring]

Thanks!
Here is the link to the newly created bug:
https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4413+P-1+S-2+C0+I0+E0+Q

Regards,
Marcel


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:

> 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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