[26884] in resnet
printing to a random file name
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Wed Oct 19 11:20:49 2011
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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:18:07 -0400
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From: Brian Gibson <gibson_brian@wheatoncollege.edu>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
Hi all,
I sent this message on the 16th and I see it in the archives but I never
received confirmation and my colleague who is on the list said he didn't
get a copy.... any way, sorry for the double posting if you did receive
this before.
I am trying to capture formatted print jobs from a Windows print queue
and save the file to a random file name and I am looking to do it
without buying any products.
I found I can set a print queue to be of type "local port" and point it
to a file path, for example
c:\queue\printfile
and as expected, when I print a job the file c:\queue\printfile contains
the formatted print job (for example, a PCL formatted file).
The problem is, if I print a second file it overwrites
c:\queue\printfile. I'm afraid I won't be able to process the first job
before the second one overwrites it.
So far the only way I have found to do this is have a running script
that checks for the existence of c:\queue\printfile and have it be moved
to a new location.
Any thoughts on how to tackle this?
Thanks!
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Brian Gibson
Systems Administrator
Wheaton College
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