[NTLUG:Discuss] Is there a way to pause printers in CUPS?
Leroy Tennison
leroy_tennison at prodigy.net
Sat Jan 7 06:46:53 CST 2006
Leroy Tennison wrote:
> ./aal wrote:
>
>> Leroy Tennison wrote:
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>>> The Evil Empire has the ability to pause printers and even set
>>> priorities for print jobs and printing times, are there any
>>> equivalent things in CUPS?
>>>
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>> http://localhost:631/
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>> cups web admin
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> Thanks for the pointer to http://localhost. However, I should have
> been clearer in my question. What I'm trying to do is pause the queue
> itself so that, when I print something, it appears in the queue but
> doesn't get printed. I realize I could turn off the printer but what
> if it isn't local? I'm wanting this as a means of troubleshooting
> (isolate where the problem is when either something doesn't print or
> prints trash).
>
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Ignore this, I found out how to pasue the printer. However, I am still
looking for specifying print job priorities and printing times, any
pointers would be appreciated.
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