Printing Utility

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Hi

I am looking for a printing utility option, which assist unix/linux administrator to control printing jobs. The major concerns are

Assigning the particular printer and queue to a user profile
Option to change the queue or printer for a particular printer job
Option to change the printing range like from page to page, No of copies etc
Holding a particular job, queue, printer
Save the print file after print

Regards

Khalid

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You could have a look at CUPS to see if it fits your needs:

http://www.cups.org

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Hi Khalid,

I am afraid it's important to know which OS you are talking about. Some OS'es have such a tool built-in.

Please let us know which OS('es) you are talking about.

@yourservice
David