[cups] adding delay between print job.

[Dil Lee]

snippet of the altered ppd file

*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.5"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "generic.ppd"
*Product: "(PostScript Printer)"
*Manufacturer: "Generic"
*ModelName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*ShortNickName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*NickName: "Generic PostScript Printer"
*PSVersion: "(2016.0) 0"
*LanguageLevel: "2"
*ColorDevice: True
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript  0  wait“
        <=== added line
*DefaultColorSpace: RGB
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "8"
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*TTRasterizer: Type42
*% Driver-defined attributes...
*1284DeviceID: "CMD:PS;"
*cupsBackSide: "Normal"
*cupsLanguages: "en"
*UIConstraints: *Duplex *Option1 False
*UIConstraints: *Option1 False *Duplex
*OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: A4


On 12/3/15, Dil Lee <dillee1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for late reply. Took a while before new toner arrive.
> 1) I tested the IPP protocol eqv. (IPP seems to work better than
> socket:// somehow).
> http://129.1.1.10:631/ipp/?waitjob=true&waitprinter=true
>
> The printer still sporadically receive multiple jobs from CUPS
> *simultaneously*. So that wait mechanism doesn't seems to work
> properly.
>
> 2) Does the filter script has to be perl? Cause there is no perl on
> this machine I make a bash eqv. CUPS does seems to run the wait
> script, but when the processing finish the job disappears and never
> sent to printer. (new jobs never visible on the job queue of the
> printer's management webpage).
> Thank you.
> DIL
>
> On 11/27/15, Dil Lee <dillee1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks a lot. Will post back result later. Happen to run out of toner
>> now.
>> *DUH*
>> Regards,
>> DIL
>>
>> On 11/27/15, Helge Blischke <helgeblischke at web.de> wrote:
>>> Change the deviceURI to
>>> socket://129:1.1.10?waiteof=true <socket://129:1.1.10?waiteof=true>
>>>
>>> If that does not solve the problem (it should be the default as shown by
>>> the
>>> sources),
>>> write a little filter (here a Perl script):
>>>
>>> —— snip ——
>>> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>>> # modify the following as for your needs
>>> $wait_at_endofjob = 5;		# wait time in seconds
>>> sleep $wait_at_endofjob;
>>> —— snip ——
>>>
>>> put it into /usr/lib/cups/filter/wait
>>>
>>> and insert into the printer’s PPD near the "*ColorDevice“ keyword
>>> the line
>>> *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript  0  wait“
>>>
>>> and restart cups.
>>>
>>> Let me know which of the suggestions works.
>>>
>>> Helge
>>>
>>>> Am 27.11.2015 um 05:08 schrieb Dil Lee <dillee1 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> printers.conf autodiscovered/generated by cups
>>>>
>>>> <Printer FUJI_XEROX_DocuPrint_CM225_228_fw_01>
>>>> UUID urn:uuid:c12b6830-f492-3cc7-4160-ae5569c18c3b
>>>> Info FUJI XEROX DocuPrint CM225/228 fw
>>>> Location ho
>>>> MakeModel Generic PostScript Printer
>>>> DeviceURI socket://129.1.1.10
>>>> State Idle
>>>> StateTime 1448591763
>>>> Type 8400972
>>>> Accepting Yes
>>>> Shared Yes
>>>> JobSheets none none
>>>> QuotaPeriod 0
>>>> PageLimit 0
>>>> KLimit 0
>>>> OpPolicy default
>>>> ErrorPolicy stop-printer
>>>> Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000
>>>> Attribute marker-levels 6,16,27,35
>>>> Attribute marker-names Cyan Toner Cartridge,Magenta Toner
>>>> Cartridge,Yellow Toner Cartridge,Black Toner Cartridge
>>>> Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner
>>>> Attribute marker-change-time 1448591761
>>>> </Printer>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/27/15, Helge Blischke <helgeblischke at web.de> wrote:
>>>>> Before I do any suggestions, please tell how the printer is connected
>>>>> to your print server and what PDL you use.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 26.11.2015 um 16:40 schrieb Dil Lee <dillee1 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I have a Fuji-Xerox CM225fw connected to CUPS 1.6.3.
>>>>>> TLDR I think CUPS is sending new jobs to it before it is fully ready.
>>>>>> Is there a way to artificially add some wait period between print
>>>>>> jobs?
>>>>>> Thank you for your attention.
>>>>>> Dil
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> cups mailing list
>>>>>> cups at cups.org
>>>>>> https://www.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> cups mailing list
>>>>> cups at cups.org
>>>>> https://www.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> cups mailing list
>>>> cups at cups.org
>>>> https://www.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> cups mailing list
>>> cups at cups.org
>>> https://www.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>>
>>
>