> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 17 11:20:42 2002 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:16:53 +0200 > From: Josef Siemes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lprng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: Spooling over slow line > > Hi, > > we have some setup working here to spool over a slow network line (GSM, GPRS). > It works as expected, Server is an AIX box that compresses the data > with some compressor, and the client runs LPRng (3.8.9) and has one queue with > a filter that creates plain postscript from this, and then prints to a second queue > with ghostscript (for canon bjc 80) as filter. > > This works as expected, the server issues a print job and the client prints this. > The only problem is: It starts to print after the server transferred the complete > job to the client, so if we have some 5 pages to print it transfers the 5 pages, > and the canon bjc starts to print after the whole thing got transferred. So > the canon sits there for some minute while it cold have printed the > (already received) pages. > > Does lprng support to filter print jobs (and forward them to the printer!) > while the job isn't completely received? I searched the documentation > for this and didn't find some clear answer. If yes, must I activate this > somewhere? > > I also read about 'Control file after Data'. Maybe the AIX does this - how can > I find out if it does this? > > Regards, > > Josef Siemes >
No, this is not possible with the current implemetation. Patrick Patrick Powell Astart Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6741 Convoy Court Network and System San Diego, CA 92111 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
