Hey folks,
I have a special need. We are trying to cut down on our paper consumption and we will be digitally archiving many of the reports we have traditionally done in paper. Unfortunately, we are using some very old software so this gets complicated. We can try to modify several hundred programs to generate individual files with unique names, without interfering with each other. Or, we can try to create a print queue that will do this for us. Obviously, the print queue option will probably be the easier option. It is also more scalable since we could use it for anything.
Does anyone know how to setup an AIX print queue to print directly to a file? Preferablly, it will generate a unique name for each file.
From what I can see, I will need to create a backend program to do this. Something that I have never done, so that might be exciting. If it can only be done via a backend, anyone have advice for a first time backend project? We are using AIX 4.3.2.0
Thanks
I have a special need. We are trying to cut down on our paper consumption and we will be digitally archiving many of the reports we have traditionally done in paper. Unfortunately, we are using some very old software so this gets complicated. We can try to modify several hundred programs to generate individual files with unique names, without interfering with each other. Or, we can try to create a print queue that will do this for us. Obviously, the print queue option will probably be the easier option. It is also more scalable since we could use it for anything.
Does anyone know how to setup an AIX print queue to print directly to a file? Preferablly, it will generate a unique name for each file.
From what I can see, I will need to create a backend program to do this. Something that I have never done, so that might be exciting. If it can only be done via a backend, anyone have advice for a first time backend project? We are using AIX 4.3.2.0Thanks
