topic Re: Pausing a print spooler/capture post-script in Operating System - HP-UX

Pausing a print spooler/capture post-script

Robert Escamilla — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 17:20:05 GMT

I need to capture a postscript file before it gets sent out to the printer queue. Because we have a bit of memory on the printer, the timing is impossible to allow an O/S copy. I can't seem to find a means of "pausing" the printer spooler or redirecting the spooler to allow multiple postscript copies to be generated.
(A printer needs to have a copy of a form in post-script format, hence the exercise)

Anyone have any thoughts? HP-UX 10.2 jetadmin tool Rev. D.06.21, can't seem to find a version# of SAM.

Re: Pausing a print spooler/capture post-script

Brian M. Fisher — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 17:32:51 GMT

Try to disable the queue (i.e. disable printername). This will allow you to capture a copy of the print job in /var/spool/lp/request/printername/dA####hostname

Brian
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Re: Pausing a print spooler/capture post-script

Dale McNamara — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:55:57 GMT

One solution for you would be to set the fence setting on your printer higher, so that the print job spools up but does not go out to the printer.

A second would be to direct the print to a script file that could make a copy of the file first, then call the print spooler for printing.

Re: Pausing a print spooler/capture post-script

Scott D. Allen — Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:07 GMT

Ditto the comments about sending a copy to a file.

Modify the printer script to make a copy to a file and if you don't want it to print disable the printer. Then, you'll actually have a copy in the spool directory also.

--Scott