Have you tried the 'force_queuename' option in printcap? This is what we use for setting the tray, eg.
printer1-a3:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:force_queuename=printer1-a3: The filter program then uses %Q to decide how to print. Cheers, sam On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 23:31, Chris O'Regan wrote: > Occasionally we have the need to move one or more queues to another > printer (for example, when a printer needs maintenance). If we do this > using aliases, then it will break our accounting because the value > passed to the accounting script via -P is the primary name, not the > selected queue. That is, since we associate a quota database with a > queue name, the wrong database is selected when an alias is used. > > At the moment, we get around this by creating separate queues, but this > is a bit of a nuissance. What would be neat is if we could get the > selected queue (i.e. %Q) passed to the accounting script. Is this > possible? > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- CERN, Geneva IT - Product Support - Unix Infrastructure E-mail: [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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
