Papercut release queues

[neonetman]

Good morning,

 

We have a student virtual print queue in Papercut whivh I'm told is supposed to release and grayscale jobs automatically to a specific printer, yet hold colour jobs for release by a teacher. I'm struggling to see how this is/can be configured (I'm fairly sure it's not doing that at the moment).

 

Has anyone got any tips for how to achieve this?

[bald_pig]

Adding this script to the grayscale queue should do it. Set the name of your colour hold queue for the variable.

 

/** Redirect colour jobs without confirmation**/function printJobHook(inputs, actions) {    /*  * This print hook will need access to all job details  * so return if full job analysis is not yet complete.  * The only job details that are available before analysis  * are metadata such as username, printer name, and date.  *  * See reference documentation for full explanation.  */  if (!inputs.job.isAnalysisComplete) {    // No job details yet so return.    return;  }    var LIMIT             = 100; // Redirect jobs over 100 pages.    /*  * NOTE: The high-volume printer must be compatible with the source printer.  *       i.e. use the same printer language like PCL or Postscript.  *       If this is a virtual queue, all printers in the queue must use  *       the same printer language.  */  var COLOUR_PRINTER  = "Colour printer";    if (inputs.job.isColor) {    /*    * Specify actions.job.bypassReleaseQueue() if you wish to bypass the release queue    * on the original printer the job was sent to.  (Otherwise if held at the target,    * the job will need to be released from two different queues before it will print.)    */    actions.job.bypassReleaseQueue();        actions.job.redirect(COLOUR_PRINTER, {allowHoldAtTarget: true});        // Notify the user that the job was automatically redirected.    actions.client.sendMessage(      "The print job has been sent to "      + " printer: " + COLOUR_PRINTER + ".");        // Record that the job was redirected in the application log.    actions.log.info("Colour job redirected from printer '" + inputs.job.printerName                     + "' to printer '" + COLOUR_PRINTER + "'.");  }  }​

colour_redirect.txt

Edited September 16, 2021 by bald_pig