> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 16 10:03:54 2001
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: LPRng Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: Another Load Balancing Question
>
> I have two printers, roughly equal in speed, but not in capabilities. One
> printer has two trays and one has one. Thus, it is impossible to also
> provide legal paper on both printers, but it is feasible for one printer.
> If there some way I can ask one printer not to accept requests for legal
> paper (this is sometimes a problem even when people incorrectly set the
> paper size -- it stalls the queue with the printer waiting for the right
> paper), and instead make sure the other printer gets them, or will I need
> to write a chooser script for that?
>
> Thanks for any info,
>
> ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _
> |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin
> |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922)
> \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - New Jersey Medical School - C630
>
You have just described the purpose of the dreaded
'chooser' function / option in the load balance queue.
You need to write a program that will open the various
job files, scan them, determine their requirements,
and then direct the output to the appropriate printer.
This, as they say, is either trivial or next to impossible.
Patrick ("Trivial: 6 days of intense effort by a graduate student") Powell
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)
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