[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:
>>
>>> 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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