Flash drive print queue which then automatically connects to "physical" queue

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Jobee

Hi,

I googled but couldn't find this info. Perhaps I didn't use the right
search keywords. Please offer suggestions.

My request is simple. I travel with a laptop and ALL my important data
is on my Flash drive. When I plug back into the office PC, all my data
is there. EZ enough. Here's what I want to be able to do (or
something reasonably similar).

1) Create print "queue" on my flash drive with the proper print
configuration for my printer in the office (Printer type shouldn't
matter but it's a Brother MFC 7820N).

2) While on the road - I send documents to my print queue just like I'm
printing normally. Those dump into some kind of file/queue on my flash
drive.

3) When I get back to the office, I plug the flash drive in normally
and I either initiate or (better) it automatically senses that there
are jobs in my flash drive queue and those get routed to the actual
print queue on my desktop PC.

Suggestions, ideas, google keyword search help?

Thanks,

Jobee
 
What about just using the printer "offline". Right-click the printer (from
Control Panel, etc), select "Use Printer Offline", everything will just
spool until you set it back online. You say you have a laptop, so hopefully
laptop can access the printer when back at the office.

If you _really_ need them spooled to your flash drive. From "Printers and
Faxes" have a look at File, Print Server Properties, Advanced and you will
see you can set the spool folder. If you have the print spooler service
stopped you may be able to place jobs in the folder and then start the
service and have them print from a different PC than the one they were
spooled on.

Plan C might be where you setup the printer on your laptop to print to
"File:" rather than lpt/usb.

Anyway, this isn't solving my problem ...
 
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