Print Queues

[Tad]

Is it possible or is there software that would allow a print queue to redirect / broadcast a print job to multiple printers?

I have a client app that when it prints, the report should be printed on 5 wan connected printers, in remote warehouses.

Thanks for your suggestions.

[ted]

We had a simular short term need and wrote a batch file that would run in the background to handle the print distribution.

Have the printer print to file on the local machine to a pre-determined file name. (C:
eport.txt). The batch file would check every 30 seconds for the existance of the file and if found, it would send it to the remote printers, then delete the file. Kinda cheesy, but it works.

:startup
rem # report.txt is printer output file printer
if not exist c:
eport.txt goto :around
rem ### send output file to lpt1
copy c:
eport.txt \SERVERPrinter_share
copy c:
eport.txt \SERVERPrinter_share
copy c:
eport.txt \SERVERPrinter_share
copy c:
eport.txt \SERVERPrinter_share
rem ### now delete file and wait for next one
del c:
eport.txt
:around
sleep 30
goto :startup



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Tad at 5/17/2002 4:24:04 PM


Is it possible or is there software that would allow a print queue to redirect / broadcast a print job to multiple printers?

I have a client app that when it prints, the report should be printed on 5 wan connected printers, in remote warehouses.

Thanks for your suggestions.