how to clear and limit local printer queue

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hi all, ive been struggling with a way to limit my printer queue to allow only 1 document in it, is there code or a app that anybody knows of or that can help me with to do this automatically cause, it is a problem with kiosks i have over a wide area and its getting difficult to explain to people what to do, any help would be appreciated thanks, code just to ensure that there is 1 document in a print queue at a time

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Wesley

Posted 1-Nov-12 1:08am

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Ravi Bhavnani · Answer 1 · 2012-11-01T05:13:00

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You can use WMI to query the size of the print queue, and submit a print job only when the print queue is empty. See this[^] article for a class that lets you query the print queue.

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Posted 1-Nov-12 5:13am

Ravi Bhavnani