Hi, I can't seem to find the answer in the HOWTO or the list archives, and somebody must know how to do this... If this isn't the right place to ask, please tell me where I can go. TIA.
I've got 3 print jobs, one text and two postscript. (Really there are 2 pdfs but I'm using pdftops and piping to lpr.) The text job is supposed to print on tray 3, colored paper, as a separator. Then the two postscript jobs should print. All of this should happen in the order submitted. It's not. I've defined two printers, one for each tray. I try something like: #!/bin/bash echo cover1 | lpr -P tray3 pdftops small.pdf | lpr -P tray2 pdftops big.pdf | lpr -P tray2 echo cover2 | lpr -P tray3 pdftops small.pdf | lpr -P tray2 pdftops big.pdf | lpr -P tray2 echo cover3 | lpr -P tray3 pdftops small.pdf | lpr -P tray2 pdftops big.pdf | lpr -P tray2 echo cover4 | lpr -P tray3 pdftops small.pdf | lpr -P tray2 pdftops big.pdf | lpr -P tray2 I usually get a couple of cover sheets first, a small.pdf, another cover sheet, a couple of small.pdfs and then a big.pdf, maybe a small.pdf and the rest of the big.pdfs. (? The whole printing subsystem looks like voodo. I can see very little by looking at the printconf. I _thought_ jobs were first-in first-out. Maybe they don't go in until they get through the input filter?) I'm using RedHat 7.2 with LPRng 3.7.4 (redhat release 28), which uses magicfilter as the input filter and am printing over the network to a HP 4100-tn laser printer. The printer driver is "lj5gray". It occured to me to use lpr -B job1 job2 job3, but I don't know how I can then select the right tray for each job. I'd like a solution that integrates with the existing print config system so upgrading the OS doesn't break it. (But I'll take anything.) Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
