On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 15:16:32 +0200, Tuxo Holic wrote: > I' have a HP LaserJet 1020 USB - plugged to my server running > debian/stable with cups, the clients connect to it using cups-browsed > and the cups network protocol. > The server does *not* run 24/7 nor does my printer: I usually switch > on the LaserJet as soon as I need it and disable it once I'm done. > Cups does ignore the fact it is not running: it will advertise the > printer, clients can see it and start printing jobs already. Once the > printer comes online, the waiting jobs will be processed all at once. > Some people might prefer this approach, I'd prefer network printers to > be invisible on the client side, as long as they are not online. The > main reason is: this can confuse people and lead to additional > printing jobs until they realize their mistake of not switching on the > device. > Is it possible to limit job handling to *online* printers only on the > client or on the server side?
Please stop cups-browsed on the client and post the output of 'lpstat -t'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150725103053.ga...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
