FYI, this feature is being used in two local open source computer labs to handle printing control through a lab monitor computer that doubles as a print server without tying up a web browser running the CUPS web interface!
This implementation will be much more volunteer and user friendly as it will provide a dedicated print management interface that automatically updates as new jobs appear. thank you!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905528 Title: create command to launch printer-specific print queue viewer Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This is a feature request: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11540606 I am using a Linux computer as a print server for a computer lab. The volunteers who monitor the lab and operate the print server (release, cancel or move print jobs) are computer and linux novices. The print queue viewer needs to autostart on login, and autorefresh, so all the monitor needs to know is whether to release, move or cancel the job. The viewer already autorefreshes. But the autostart on login capacity is missing: Currently the only way to see the queue for all jobs on a specific printer from ANY user via GUI is $ system-config-printer then I right click on the printer in question, and select "View Print Queue Ctrl+F" There currently appears to be no command-line hook to launch this window directly, which is a major limitation in the functionality of a Linux-based CUPS print server. Another option to add this functionality is to add an option in the system-config-printer-applet --no-tray-icon GUI to display jobs from any users (including those submitted to the server from client computers), which is what I believe the web-based interface does by default. thank you! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/905528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
