On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 13:10, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >
> > Consider it a theoretical question then. What should a
> > multiuser queuing system do when certain things have to
> > be done between certain jobs? I haven't played with
>
> IMO, this is best handled by the system *before* it hits
> the queue. I've used systems which had what one might call
> meta-queues. One queued output to a meta-queue, and the system
> picked which printer to use, and would inform the user
> where to get the output. Then the job would get queued to the
> actual print queue. With this type of setup, one could
> queue to the meta-queue, which would then, after submitting
> the print, put a logical lock on the actual queue until
> all the print job was complete.
You can do the filtering wherever you want and the system can
choose any printer in a class for you, but the problem here
is that you need human intervention in the middle of a job
that no longer has a connection to a human. You need a way
to keep the even pages from printing until the paper is
physically ready.
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Les Mikesell
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