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Table 4-7 NEW PRINTER Subcommand Optional FieldsField [Priority]
[Suppress banner?]
Action/Explanation
You can set the priority at which you want the Spooler process to run from 10 to 254, with 10 the highest. A priority lower than 128 (the default priority of the interactive application system) ensures that the Spooler does not impact the interactive application system.
The default priority is 10.
To set a specific Spooler priority, enter the priority number.
The default is no; the printer prints the banner page at the beginning of the file.
Refer to Banner Page, in this section.
To suppress printing a banner page at the beginning of the file, enter y.
When you complete the NEW PRINTER subcommand form, you press GO to execute the command, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
SELECT QUEUE Subcommand
The SELECT QUEUE subcommand allows you to display detailed status information for the files in the specified Scheduling queue and allows access to five subcommands:
o DELETE PRINT REQUEST o MAIN STATUS DISPLAY o PRINT FILE
o SELECT QUEUE o SELECT PRINTER
To activate the SELECT QUEUE subcommand, you press Q. The system displays the SELECT QUEUE subcommand form shown in figure 4-9.
The SELECT QUEUE subcommand form has one manqatory field, Queue name. You enter the name of the Scheduling' queue for which you want status . information displayed. You press GO to execute the subcommand, CANCEL to. deny and return to the 'previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
When you press GO, the the Queue Status 'display appears (refer to figure 4-10). The information displayed incl.~desthe
name
of the queue, the printer which serves the qu~u.e., the names of the files in the queue with the priority number of each file. If the queue status list is longer than the screen, you can press NEXT PAGE to scroll to the end of the list. You press CANCEL to stop the listing and PREY PAG.E to r~displaythe queue status information.
-After you check the queue' status, you can choose from the list of five subcommands-Iocated at·the bottom of the Queue Status display.
To display the status of a different' queue: you ~ press Q. The system redisplays the SELE~~T QUEUE.subcommand . forn:L shown in figure
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DelETE PRINT REQUEST Subcommand
The DELETE PRINT REQUEST subcommand allows you to delete a specified queue·entry from the scheduling queue.
To activate this subcommand, you press D. The system displays the DELETE PRINTER REQUEST subcommand form shown in figure 4-11 .
The DELETE PRINT REQUEST subcommand form has one mandatory field, File list. You enter the list of files or file specification(s) you previously requested for printing.
Note: If you use the wild card character (*) in the File list field to delete all files from the queue, the system deletes the currently printing file in addition to the others.
When you complete your entry, you press GO to delete the print request, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
MAIN STATUS DISPLAY Subcommand
The MAIN STATUS DISPLAY subcommand allows you to redisplay the Main Status display shown in figure 4-7.
To activate this subcommand, you press M. The following prompt appears on the screen:
Main Status Display
<Press GO to execute, CANCEL to deny, or FINISH to exit.>
You press GO to return to the Main Status display, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
Figure 4-11 DELETE PRINT REQUEST Subcommand Form
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The PRINT FILE subcommand allows you to create a queue entry for file printing and to add it to the Scheduling queue.
Note: If the Spooler is installed at the master workstation and printer is connected to it, you cannot print a file from a cluster
workstation's local file storage. You must print the file from a diskette or from the master workstation's hard disk.
To activate the PRINT FILE subcommand, you press P. The system displays the subcommand form shown in figure 4-12.
You must enter a parameter in the File list field. You enter the list of files or the specification(s) of the file(s) you want to print.
The PRINT FILE subcommand has ten optional fields (enclosed in square brackets). You can leave any or all of these fields blank to accept the defaults or enter parameters to override the defaults. Refer to table 4-8 for information about each optional field .
. Figure 4-12 PRINT FILE Subcommand Form
[lUItler of copies]
[Delete after print1ng?]
[SpeC1al fOlllS ~)
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[Printing lOde]
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