On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 05:43, Troy T. Hall wrote:
> is this a result of "pooling"?  Can you simply tell it NOT to pool the
> printers?  Seems to me I've read/heard something about that pooling will
> send it to whichever is "next".  This reminds me of DNS servers.  Which
> alternate which one gets the request.  I have no idea how to fix this, but
> these are the thoughts that ran through my head when I heard this.
> Good Luck
> 
> Troy T. Hall
> 
> Registered Linux User #342150
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 0715 N6REJ
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Printers
> 
> 
> > On Monday 12 January 2004 13:06, Lee Wiggers wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I have a funny thing going on with my two lexmark laser printers in
> > > the office.
> > >
> > > My mdk9.2 box always alternates output to the two printers.  This
> > > has been fun for everyone looking for my print jobs up 'til now,
> > > but one of the machines is down for maint today, turned off, and
> > > the print jobs are still alternating between the two printers.
> > >
> > > Printers are both shares on mdk9.2 boxes on the lan.
> > >
> > > Here is the localhost 631 history for the last two jobs.  -9 was
> > > "waiting for the printer" before I cancelled it.
> > >
> > >
> > > LexmarkInternationalLexmarkOptraLaserPrinter-9 STDIN lee 713k
> > > completed at
> > > Mon Jan 12 07:32:07 2004
> > >
> > > LexmarkInternationalLexmarkOptraLaserPrinter-11 STDIN lee 795k
> > > completed at
> > > Mon Jan 12 07:39:32 2004
> > >
> > >
> > > What do I need to do to get control of my output?  I have to admit
> > > it was cute until it ticked me off.
> > >
> > Try printing to xpp - it needs an extra mouseclick, but you will be
> > able to select which printer gets the file.
or just select the remaining printer as default
> >
> > Anne
> > -- 
> > Registered Linux User No.293302
> > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
> >
> >
> >
> 
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