Printing issue in a 2-node clustered environment

Question

Hi,
We have 2-node Apps Tiers (PCP enabled) with print queues running on each node. When users run a job to print a job using the same program; the print queue to the printer gets messed up.
For example: user 1 prints 10 items to printer A and user 2 prints the same set of 10 items but with a different numbers. The final outputs on the printer goes out of sequence -- 20 items printed with a combination of items from user1 and 10 items from user2.
The question is, in a PCP environment, is there a way to isolate the print job ..ie to allow the print job to complete on that printer and block it for other users/print jobs?
Environment: 11.5.10.1, 10.2.0.3, RedHat 4.x, 2-node PCP enabled apps tiers.
Thanks,
Subroto

Answer 1

Hi,
The question is, in a PCP environment, is there a way to isolate the print job ..ie to allow the print job to complete on that printer and block it for other users/print jobs?I do not think can be controlled from the application (unless you use incompatibilities -- See the link below for details).
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=Concurrent+AND+Incompatibility&objID=c3&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
You may also check with your printer vendor and see if you can control this at the Printer/OS level.
Thanks,
Hussein