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easier to just use Print Center...
Authored by: j-beda on Jun 18, '02 10:12:11AM

Isn't it easier to just assign a queue name in Print Center?

Open Print Center and click the "Add Printer..." button. Select "LPR printers using IP" from the pop-up menu. Fill in the IP address you want. Unselect "Use Default Queue on Server" and type the name you want in that box.

This seems quite a bit easier than messing around with NetInfo stuff.



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Authored by: sjonke on Jun 18, '02 10:24:50AM

I have not tried changing the queue name but my understanding has been (and the word "queue" would seem to imply) that this is the name of a queue. :) If that queue does not exist I suppose it may go back to the default queue, but there may be some side effects associated with that (I don't know). Moreover, if there IS a queue with that name you might get unexpected printing results.



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easier to just use Print Center...
Authored by: j-beda on Jun 19, '02 11:15:01AM

I think that the "queue name" is the name of the queue that the print centre creates, and that the default name for the queue is the name of the printer, but that you can have it named whatever you want via this box.

In any case, how likely is it that somehow your system is going to generate a printer queue name of "the printer in Fred's office" by itself?

Additionally, the Print Center Help has directions to use this dialogue to "give the printer a better name" with no cautions about naming conflicts.



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easier to just use Print Center...
Authored by: mhills on Jun 19, '02 01:28:20PM

Changing the queue name seems the easiest way to approach this,
but there are reports that the queue name does have an effect
on the printing process. (I've encountered this for LPR printing
to HP postscript printers from adobe apps; there have been discussions
about this at Adobe's forums for photoshop and illustrator. The
printer is treated differently if the queue name is "BINPS")

Any ideas?



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easier to just use Print Center...
Authored by: CaptCosmic on Jun 19, '02 07:04:18PM

Changing the queue name can cause printing to fail. The queue name given is the name of the print queue on the device to which you are printing. Most printers only have a single queue, and will print anything sent to them. However, Some devices maintain multiple queues.

Take, for example, the HP JetDriect printer servers. They were available in the port versions that would drive three different printers. But since they all shared the IP address of the JetDirect box, the only way to select between them was by the queue name. If you didn't have the right queue name, the JetDirect simply ignored the print job.



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Authored by: dashard on Jun 20, '02 01:29:58PM
In local cases you can very often simply use the queue name field to 'name' your printer. In some corporate/office settings, however, the queue name is a real thing and your print jobs need to be sent to the proper printer and the proper queue.

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