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If this information is longer than the screen, you press NEXT PAGE to scroll the screen up. You press CANCEL to~stop the listing of status information or PREY PAGE to redisplay the status information.
After you check the printer and queue status, you can choose from the list of 12 subcommands at the bottom of the Printer and Scheduling Queue display. The following paragraphs explain the subcommands not previously . discussed in this section.
To display the status of a different printer and scheduling queue, you press S. The system redisplays the SELECT PRINTER subcommand form shown in figure 4-13.
ALIGN FORM Subcommand
The ALIGN FORM subcommand allows you to reprint the first page of a file after the printer pauses for you to align the form. After reprinting the first page, the printer pauses again to allow you realign the form if necessary.
Note: To use the ALIGN FORM subcommand, you must specify yes in the [Align form?J field of the PRINT command form,
or
the PRINT FILE subcommand (refer to PRINT Command, and PRINT FILE Subcommand, in this section).To activate this command, you press
A.
The system displays the following prompt:Align Form
<Press GO to execute, CANCEL to deny, or FINISH to exit.>
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. If you press GO, the system reprints the first page of the document.
To restart the printer after this subcommand finishes, you use the RESTART PRINTER subcommand (refer to RESTART PRINTER Subcommand, in this section).
CANCEL PRINT Subcommand
The CANCEL PRINT subcommand allows you to cancel the current printing request. The printing operation terminates. If you use this subcommand to cancel the printing of a
temporary file (with the suffix .tmp), the system deletes the file.
Using Your Printer
4-47 To activate this command, you typeC.
The system displays the following prompt:Cancel Print
<Press GO to execute, CANCEL to deny, or FINISH to exit.>
You press GO to cancel the printing operation, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
When you press GO, a brief delay can occur before the printer stops.
ENTER PASSWORD Subcommand
The ENTER PASSWORD subcommand allows you to enter a password when the printer pauses in response to a security mode request given in the PRINT command (refer to PRINT Command. in this section) or to the PRINT FILE subcommand of the SPOOLER STATUS command. The printer does not print the file until you enter the password at the workstation connected to the printer.
To activate this subcommand, you type E. The system displays the ENTER PASSWORD subcommand form shown in figure 4-1 5.
You must enter a parameter in the Password field. You enter the word or characters (a maximum of 1 2) that you want to use for the password.
When you complete your entry, you press GO to assjgn the . password, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
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4-15 ENTER PASSWORD Subcommand FormFREE PRINTER CHANNEL Subcommand
The FREE PRINTER CHANNEL subcommand allows you to free a printer channel from the control of the Spooler. You use this subcommand to change the existing configuration for installation of a new printer, or to release RS-232 Channel B for data communications operation.
To activate this subcommand, you type F. The system displays the following prompt:
Free Printer Channel
<Press GO to execute, CANCEL to deny, or FINISH to exit.>
You press GO to free the channel, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
HALT PRINTER Subcommand
The HALT PRINTER subcommand allows you to stop the printer.
To activate this subcommand, you type H. The system displays the following prompt:
Halt Printer
<Press GO to execute, CANCEL to deny, or FINISH to exit.>
You press GO to halt the printer, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
When you press GO, a brief delay can occur before the printer stops.
RESTART PRINTER Subcommand
The RESTART PRINTER subcommand· allows you to restart the printer after a pause.
To activate this subcommand, you type R. The system displays the RESTART PRINTER subcommand form shown in figure 4-16.
Using Your Printer 4-49 This subcommand has two optional fields, [Restart from page number], and [Restart from top of current page]. If you accept the default, printing restarts where the printer stopped.
To restart the printing from a specific page, you enter the page number in the [Restart from page number] field.
To restart the printing from the beginning of the next page in the document, you enter y in the [Restart from top of current page] field (for example, if the system printed page one and then paused, it will begin printing page two).
When you complete your entry, you press GO to restart the printing, CANCEL to deny and return to the previous status display, or FINISH to exit the SPOOLER STATUS command.
Figure 4-16 RESTART PRINTER Subcommand Form
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Section 5
5-1Managing Data
This section describes the tasks you perform to manage data on your system, including:
o organizing data into volumes, directories, and files o accessing the Editor to modify the text of files