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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">We had a lab printer go offline for a period of time.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">During this time some of the computers in the lab attempted to print.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Somehow this stopped the print que.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">When the print que is stopped and a student attempts to print they can add the job to the que or start the que, etc.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Now that the printer is back online, when some students attempt to print, they get that same dialog box asking if they want to start the que or add the job to the que.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">However, and action they take requires an administrative password.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">So ultimately, the question is, what is the easiest way to resolve this issue?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">P.S. - Can you confirm my understanding of print ques:</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(A) The print que is the engine that manages print jobs and sends them from the user to the printer. It is a computer-level (not a user-level) process.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(B) The state of the print que (stopped, started, paused etc), is a setting that is stored at the computer level, and would affect anybody (any account) using that computer</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(C) The print job, is the actual document being printed, and is stored at the user level.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Assuming A & B above are true, </font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(i) anybody who logs into at a computer 1 which has a que that is stopped, will not be able to print.</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(ii) If the user moves to computer 2, their job will print (without being sent again).</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">(iii) Once the que is resumed on computer 1, when students with pending jobs log in, their jobs will print</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">-- I am not sure if items (ii) and (iii) happen automatically or the next time they initiate a print job</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">P.P.S. - Can anyone recommend a good resource on how printers work in OSX that can help clear up these types of issues?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> '''''''</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> ^-O-O-^</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Verdana" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">| Joel Anderson |</font></div>
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