On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 20:08:22 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 12:10:37 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > How is one *supposed* to figure out which autodetected printer is the > > correct one, apart from trial and error? > > Fancy an analogy? > > My local bus intercange has display screens showing bus nummbers and > destinations (IP addresses). It does not display the stands the buses > start from. Whose responsibillity is that down to? > > You got it! > > Now contact you highly paid sys admins to ask them to add a "Location" > field to whatever the server/printer is advertising. Where I used to work, they got this right: they put /user/ information into the Queue name, where it can't but be seen, using the pattern DeptRoom_unusualCharacteristics. So MathsB037 might be an ordinary one (A4 B&W), and PhysicsS221_A3_colour_foil would be something rather special, that might only operate at certain times of day when they load the foil. Cheers, David.
