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From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Print Queue Job Splits
Message-ID: <1991May20.131643.1535@techbook.com>
Date: 20 May 91 13:16:43 GMT
References: <877@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
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In article <877@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> dbielik@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Danny Bielik) writes:
>We are running Novell Netware 2.15 connected to one Panasonic KX-P4450 laser.
>
>When large, graphics intensive jobs, such as DTP documents are sent into the
>queue, the server may split them up into smaller jobs.  THis does not pose
>a problem, as the printer puts them together and prints OK.  The problem is
>when another user places a job in the queue while a DTP document is being
>queued, so that the other user's job gets stuck in the middle.
>
>Is there a way of preventing this?

Increase the timeout value in you job definition to 60 seconds or more.  This
will allow the queue to remain open during the graphics generation/printing
by your application.  The job will not start printing until the job is complete
and the queue is closed.  It will slow your printing down on  non graphics
jobs, but if you are clever, you can switch between your print jobs using
a third party program like PrintQueueAssist by Fresh Technology, or similar
program.

Ken



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