Hi guys,
Ok, I'm getting a bit confused with this print job prioritizing setting. It supposed to be a nice, simple thing but doesn't seem to work for me.
We're in a shared IP printer environment with Windows Server 2003 as the host. Two group of users share the printer, normal and heavy-duty. Heavy-duty group prints large print jobs and normal users always got stuck behind them. According to Microsoft, creating different printers (same physical printer) for different priorities should solve the problem (print queue submitted to higher priority printer should print before lower priority one). Here is the link to the article:
So, I tested the method. I created two printers, high-priority (priority 10) and low-priority (priority 1), both are pointing to the same printer/port. Then I submitted a large print job (200 pages PDF) to the low-priority printer. While the print job is being spooled, I submitted a small print job (1 page webpage) to the high-priority printer, assuming that the high-priority print job should be printed first. However, the fact is it sits in the spooler and doesn't print. It looked like it is waiting for the 1st, large print job that I submitted. That totally defeated the purpose of the priority setting.
Does anybody has experience with this particular setting with success? Am I missing something here?
Ok, I'm getting a bit confused with this print job prioritizing setting. It supposed to be a nice, simple thing but doesn't seem to work for me.
We're in a shared IP printer environment with Windows Server 2003 as the host. Two group of users share the printer, normal and heavy-duty. Heavy-duty group prints large print jobs and normal users always got stuck behind them. According to Microsoft, creating different printers (same physical printer) for different priorities should solve the problem (print queue submitted to higher priority printer should print before lower priority one). Here is the link to the article:
So, I tested the method. I created two printers, high-priority (priority 10) and low-priority (priority 1), both are pointing to the same printer/port. Then I submitted a large print job (200 pages PDF) to the low-priority printer. While the print job is being spooled, I submitted a small print job (1 page webpage) to the high-priority printer, assuming that the high-priority print job should be printed first. However, the fact is it sits in the spooler and doesn't print. It looked like it is waiting for the 1st, large print job that I submitted. That totally defeated the purpose of the priority setting.
Does anybody has experience with this particular setting with success? Am I missing something here?