Linux
(Sorry, couldnt resist :P )
I thought there was a way of bypassing the queue altogether in windows? i seem to remember there was a way in earlier versions
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there is..
right click printer -->properties -->advanced tab
then check 'print directly to printer' (bypassing spooler). I believe this will lock program execution until the print is finished though (like in the old days :) but should not go through spooler. To cancel a print job then, just turn off the printer and the app (*should*) get a port time out without hanging spooler... (or less likely crash horribly :)
(Sorry, couldnt resist :P )
I thought there was a way of bypassing the queue altogether in windows? i seem to remember there was a way in earlier versions
-edit-
there is..
right click printer -->properties -->advanced tab
then check 'print directly to printer' (bypassing spooler). I believe this will lock program execution until the print is finished though (like in the old days :) but should not go through spooler. To cancel a print job then, just turn off the printer and the app (*should*) get a port time out without hanging spooler... (or less likely crash horribly :)