Publish/Batch Sets Interrupted

I'm having a problem I haven't seen in the over 200 posts that I have read. One user publishs to an Oce TDS600 machine hanging off the server. While it's sending the information, another user prints from AutoCAD 2004 or does a publish job of his or her own to the same printer. Everything is processed concurrently, and the sets are integrated (or a singleton plot is shoved into the midst of a set). We have two TDS600s, we're cranking with work to them, and publish constantly. Does anyone know how to fix this? It's driving me absolutely nuts.

Thanks,
Chuck

 

We also have a TDS600 and experience the same thing. I think the only way to
control this is if someone goes to the TDS controller and manually moves the
plots around in the queue, though we never bother - we just go through and
sort the plots...

I haven't really looked to see if there's a way to hold jobs until the first
one is complete.

John

read. One user publishs to an Oce TDS600 machine hanging off the server.
While it's sending the information, another user prints from AutoCAD 2004 or
does a publish job of his or her own to the same printer. Everything is
processed concurrently, and the sets are integrated (or a singleton plot is
shoved into the midst of a set). We have two TDS600s, we're cranking with
work to them, and publish constantly. Does anyone know how to fix this?
It's driving me absolutely nuts.

 

Publish is simply a macro calling a macro - an automated button pusher.
What you are experiencing is the last button pushed wins rule. There are
queue managers available that will eliminate this issue. Now the shameless
plug; ours is at:

http://www.plotstream.com

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