[cups-devel] Parallel processing of jobs for one print queue

[Stephan]

Thanks everyone, a class indeed seems to provide what´s required for
this use-case.

Regards,

Stephan

2016-11-16 14:47 GMT+01:00 Johannes Meixner <jsmeix at suse.de>:
>
> Hello,
>
>>> On Nov 16, 2016, at 6:25 AM, Stephan wrote (excerpt):
>
> ...
>>>
>>> ... a bunch of print servers with one print queue to which
>>> documents are sent from several users. This "virtual" print queue
>>>
>>> -converts the incoming data to PDF
>>> -passes that data to a custom backend which saves
>>>  it at a certain location in the filesystem
>>>
>>> At this point, the print queue processes jobs sequentially which can
>>> lead to high waiting times. However, this type queue should be
>>> processing jobs in parallel to reduce waiting times and make use of
>>> all CPUs.
>
>
> On Nov 16 07:47 Michael Sweet wrote (excerpt):
>>
>> Sorry, but that is not currently possible.
>
>
> I think it is not currently possible if "one print queue"
> is a precondition that cannot be changed.
>
> I.e. currently parallel processing of jobs for one print queue
> is not possible.
>
> But if one can control what there is on the print servers,
> I think one could set up multiple print queues and make a class
> of them on the server and let the clients/users submit their
> print jobs to the class.
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner
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