Move or copy a print job to another printer

Is it possible to move or copy a print job to another printer?  My problem is I printer a few documents from the web to a printer that was offline (not plugged into my USB port).  Is it possible to move or copy those print jobs to another printer I have on my system?

I haven't found a way to directly do it.  However, I found a work around that worked for me in my situation.

I went to print queue, go to Printer, then Properties, then Ports tab... I temporarily changed the port to point to the IP address of another printer (by changing the check box).  After the queue printed, I just put the IP/port back.

My two printers were of the same type, so I don't know if this would work with dissimilar printers.

Daniel

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Updated: January 21, 2005

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

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<!----> To transfer documents to another printer

Use this procedure to send your documents to an alternate printer when your printer has failed and your documents are stuck in the print queue. To redirect documents to another printer, you must have the Manage Printers permission for both printers, which is one of several printer permissions. For more information, click Related Topics.

Since the documents you send to the printer are converted into that printer's language, you must redirect the documents to the same type of printer, such as a laser, ink-jet, or dot-matrix.

1. Open Printers and Faxes.
2. Double-click the printer that holds the document(s) you want to redirect.
3. On the Printer menu, click Properties.
4. Click the Ports tab, and then do one of the following:

To send documents to another printer on the same print server

- Click the port to which the other printer is assigned and then click **OK**.

To send documents to a printer on a different print server

The printer must already exist and be shared on the print server.

- Click **Add Port**, click **Local Port**, and then click

New Port. Type the name of the other print server and the share name of the shared printer in the following format:

**\other_print_server**share_name

Brilliant!

How completely lame!  This has been SOP on UNIX for years.