TCP/IP printer port causes failed jobs to restart automati..

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I have a situation under XP/2000 where setting up a printer queue to
use a TCP/IP port means that any print jobs that fail are
automatically retried, and in some cases cause an infinite loop.

The jobs are failing because I'm doing some extra processing in a
custom print processor, which sets the job status to "Error" and
Restarts then Pauses* the job if it finds a problem. This works fine
with every other type of port, where the errored job is left on the
queue in "paused-restarting" mode, and allows other jobs to continue,
but not with TCP/IP printer ports, where the job simply retries to
print again, ad infinitum.

Any clues?

Dylan


* Code is:

JOB_INFO_1* pi;
...
pi->Status = JOB_STATUS_ERROR;
SetJob(printer, jobId, 1, (BYTE*)pi, 0);
SetJob(printer, jobId, 0, 0, JOB_CONTROL_PAUSE);
SetJob(printer, jobId, 0, 0, JOB_CONTROL_RESTART);