Find Me Printing and Printer Load Balancing FAQ

1.1. Why do redirected jobs have document names starting like R:123456:?
1.2. When jobs are redirected are they logged in PaperCut NG against the virtual queue or the target queues?
1.1. Why do redirected jobs have document names starting like R:123456:?
1.2. When jobs are redirected are they logged in PaperCut NG against the virtual queue or the target queues?
1.1.

Why do redirected jobs have document names starting like R:123456:?

This is a security feature. PaperCut NG marks redirected jobs with a special token in the document name to both distinguish between regular jobs and prevent circumvention by users.

1.2.

When jobs are redirected are they logged in PaperCut NG against the virtual queue or the target queues?

Jobs are logged against target queues. Virtual queues do not represent real printers and hence have no printing associated with them. This is why the Job Log and Statistics pages are disabled when viewing a virtual queue.

Comments

Share your findings and experience with other PaperCut users. Feel free to add comments and suggestions about this manual page. Please don't use this for support requests.