On 2002.07.17 12:16 Josef Siemes wrote: > Hi, > > we have some setup working here to spool over a slow network line (GSM, > GPRS). > It works as expected, Server is an AIX box that compresses the data > with some compressor, and the client runs LPRng (3.8.9) and has one queue > with > a filter that creates plain postscript from this, and then prints to a > second queue > with ghostscript (for canon bjc 80) as filter. > > This works as expected, the server issues a print job and the client > prints this. > The only problem is: It starts to print after the server transferred the > complete > job to the client, so if we have some 5 pages to print it transfers the 5 > pages, > and the canon bjc starts to print after the whole thing got transferred. > So > the canon sits there for some minute while it cold have printed the > (already received) pages. > > Does lprng support to filter print jobs (and forward them to the > printer!) > while the job isn't completely received? I searched the documentation > for this and didn't find some clear answer. If yes, must I activate this > somewhere?
Perhaps the best solution is to configure the AIX box to send each page as a separate print job. (I think this is possible, don't ask me how.) Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
