ppr-list-digest volume 3, number 26, message 2

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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.trincoll.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:31:07 -0500
Subject: Re: PPR: 'Jake' mode & interface for PPR?

Jonathan H N Chin wrote:

> I had a related idea, which was to have a terminal next to the printer
> so that people could easily see the queue for the particular printer.
> An obvious extension is to provide the ability to move jobs to an idle
> printer if this one has a long queue. Deleting stuck jobs without
> operator intervention was another motivation, but the problem of rogue
> cancelling would be an issue.

As long as the printers were in the same room, there is no need to 
manually move a job to a different printer.  Simply put the printers in 
a group and print to the group.  The printers will pick jobs out of the 
same queue as they become idle.