Virtual Print Queue
I once used a virtual printer system when at a large private campus which allowed me to print to my "account" from any workstation, and then to be able to go to one of many print stations, and print the document there that I had sent to my printer account.
I have a few questions.
1) What software is out there that allows a person to do this.
2) Are there solutions that do that, but for hybrid environments (ie, Mac OSX, Windows XP/Vista/7, RHEL desktops) and work with all of them together?
I have a few questions.
1) What software is out there that allows a person to do this.
2) Are there solutions that do that, but for hybrid environments (ie, Mac OSX, Windows XP/Vista/7, RHEL desktops) and work with all of them together?
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I am aware of the built in printer options for this.
What I'm looking for is the software management option that allows the print job to be retrieved from the virtual system, at any printer/workstation combo, anywhere on the network. IE, from a workstation, you print to your printer account. You could then go to any "print station", not a specific printer, but any print station, where you entered your user ID and password, and then select your queued jobs, and print the ones you want. Then they're pulled from a server hosted queue down to your local print-station, and sent to the "dumb printer". A dumb printer, being just any printer plugged into the print station and configured to use it.
What I'm looking for is the software management option that allows the print job to be retrieved from the virtual system, at any printer/workstation combo, anywhere on the network. IE, from a workstation, you print to your printer account. You could then go to any "print station", not a specific printer, but any print station, where you entered your user ID and password, and then select your queued jobs, and print the ones you want. Then they're pulled from a server hosted queue down to your local print-station, and sent to the "dumb printer". A dumb printer, being just any printer plugged into the print station and configured to use it.
ASKER
Also, to clarify, the "print station" was basically a workstation computer locked down to a login screen where you entered your printer username and password, and then were displayed your documents that you had sent to your printer queue. It pulled these from a central server where your queued documents were stored for up to 24 hours.
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Thanks for the info on Pcounter. Do you have any other names of alternative products and or open source projects?
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2) Again this goes back to Answer 1. If the printer drivers support it for all those operating systems then yes.