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From: BCNSTAT@NAS.BITNET (Bob Caine)
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Subject: Re: Printer & Queue management
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Date: 1 Feb 90 19:22:00 GMT
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Check with the QueueIT! by Brightwork Technology. You can load only one
driver per output device on the computer, but that driver can service
multiple queues, each one with it's own priority.


>That is exactly what I was looking for too! And I thought maybe PS-Print
>could do the trick: let one (dedicated) PC be attached to all servers and
>serve queues on all those servers, redirecting printer jobs to one
>printer connected to that PC. But it seems this doesn't work, since you
>can load only one 'printer driver' per physical port (p.e. LPT1). If you
>try to load a second one, the first one is replaced. Does anybody know if
>other products like Printer Assist have the functionality we are looking
>    for?
>I think Netware should handle this kind of thing.


Bob Caine
National Academy of Sciences