"Simonsen, Larry" wrote:

> The it person

(is that anything like the 'it' girl? :-)

> What we want to go to is a method where the server sends the printout to a
> localized print server and the users can cancel their own printouts without
> having to know the server commands on Unix where the printout was created.
> the need to be able to move the printouts to the local server becomes quite
> needed for support issues.

here's an interesting albeit theoretical solution.  what if we had the native
(that is -- from pure mpe) ability to limit the size of a print file for a
particular printer?  then larry might have his problem solved.

i am aware of least one 3rd-party spooler vendor that offers this in their
software.  that is, the 3rd-party spooler will not release a print file unless
it is smaller than the configured limit.  if the print file is too big -- it
just waits until someone does something (redirects it to another printer or
deletes it).

i think this would be a helpful enhancement to mpe.              - d

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