dreport spools output to wrong printer

[Barry Wiseman]

Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> Barry,
> 
> I just wanted to add this:
> 
> Since filePro will pick the printer by type or name as it sees fit, I 
> have found that when I assign printer names, I never use names that are 
> duplicated as names for printer types.  This will eliminated the 
> confusion entirely.
> 
> The idea works well if you have a bank of printers with the same type, 
> by specifying just the type, filePro will pick the first printer with 
> that type.  However, in real terms, I have never seen a customer that 
> did not want a specific printer not just a type of printer.
> 
> This "feature" dates back as far as I can recall.
> 
> Nancy
> 

Hi, Nancy.  I rather hoped the behavior was for some intended purpose, 
useless as it may be. Thanks for clarifying.

I came very late to the print routing party, having rolled my own back 
in pre-3.0 days.  Still puzzling it all out 15 years later.

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