I have a series of print queues in my printcap file for each of my
ethernet printers.
I also have some printers that are not ethernet ready. I have a single
print queue for all the non-ethernet printers. Any jobs sent to this print
queue are redirected based on the "Class" setting in the control file.
Here is a better description of that queue...
- It's an LPRng print queue with printing disabled.
- A program regularly check for any pending jobs and moves the job to a
new directory based on the jobs Class entry in the control file.
- This other directory is mounted by a PC connected to the printer.
Here is my problem...
Sometimes I cannot set the Class setting when printing a job and therefore
I cannot send jobs to any non-ethernet printers. When I send jobs from a
Windows 2000 computer using the LPR port I can only specify the server and
printer names.
I would like to set up a specific queue for each non-ethernet printer that
adds the Class setting into the jobs control file and then forwards the
job to the generic non-ethernet queue for further processing.
It may sound like I could just set each custom queue to spool to the
proper PC mounted directory, however it's not that simple. I need to find
a way to set/change the Class setting.
I have been able to change the Class that is sent to the filter however
the Class entry in the control file does not change.
Am I forced to write a filter that rewrites the control files for every
job or is there something more simple? A ":class=blahblah" printcap entry
would be nice.
Any help/suggestions would be great.
Mike Hurst.
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