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G You can display, delete, and modify your print jobs using the commands C described in this chapter. You can also list the print jobs in the ( queue and the status of your print jobs. Y 2.1 Displaying Print Jobs
D The SHOW ENTRY command allows you to display information about your print jobs.
E If you want to see the status of a particular print job, include the 2 job number in the SHOW ENTRY command. For example:
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" $ $ SHOW ENTRY 96 |
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" 9 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 9 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ R 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 , On idle printer queue LP40$A14 |
D You can get more information about the print job if you include the /FULL qualifier. For example:
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" * $ SHOW ENTRY 96 /FULL |
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" 9 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 9 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ R 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 - On idle printer queue LPS40$A14 L Submitted 27-JUN-2005 10:36 /FORM=DCPS$DEFAULT (stock=DEFAULT) 5 /PARAM=("DATA=AUTOMATIC") /PRIORITY=100 0 File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]MEMO.TXT;1 6 File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]FILE_SNIFF.TXT;1 4 File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]INFOPLAN.TXT;1 : File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]MONTHLY_REPORT.TXT;2 D File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]SPECIAL_SEPARATION_PAGES.TXT;1 0 File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]VTPW.TXT;1 |
G The /FULL qualifier displays the status of the print job in the queue. G The print job in the example is holding, because it was submitted with D the /AFTER qualifier to delay starting the print job. The print job d status may be any one of those listed in Table 2-1.
| Status | "Meaning |
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| Printing | > On a local printer, the print job is currently printing. R On a network printer, the print job may be printing, or a job from . another system may be printing. |
| Pending | > The print job is waiting to be printed. Other print jobs Q are ahead of this job in the queue, or the job is waiting for the F appropriate type of media to be mounted in the printer. |
| Holding | @ The print job is waiting to print because it was submitted $ $ $ W with the /AFTER qualifier or the /HOLD qualifier, or the SET ENTRY/HOLD W command was entered for the job. To release the print job for printing, ‰ use the /RELEASE qualifier in the SET ENTRY command (see Section 2.4). |
| Stalled | < The job started, but is now stalled, possibly due to a . paper jam or tray out of paper. |
| Aborting | 3 The job has been aborted with a DELETE /ENTRY p command. (See Section 2.3 for more information.) |
| Retained | A The print job has completed but it is being retained in the queue. |
G You can display all your print jobs by entering the SHOW ENTRY command 5 without specifying the print job number. For example:
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" ! $ SHOW ENTRY |
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" 9 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 9 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ R 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 , On busy printer queue LP40$A14 : 75 AUTO MSMITH 368 Pending , On busy printer queue PS40$A10 ; 68 BOOK_LIST MSMITH 78 Printing , On busy printer queue PS40$A10 |
D You can use the following qualifiers with the SHOW ENTRY command to display print jobs:
| SHOW ENTRY Qualifier | 'Displays ... |
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| /BRIEF | H A short summary about one or more print jobs. This is the default 8 display if you do not include the /FULL qualifier. |
| /BY_JOB_STATUS=( keyword,...) | N Print jobs that have the status you specify for the keyword. The status U types are listed in Table 2-1. |
| /FILES | > The file names of the files in each print job displayed. |
| /FULL | I Complete information about the print job, including job status and files to be printed. |
| /USER_NAME= user-name | . The print jobs for the user you specify. |
D You can display a list of all of your print jobs in a queue and the ; status of the print queue, by using the SHOW QUEUE command.
F Remote nodes in the network may have print queues sending jobs to the B same printer, but queues on those nodes are not displayed. |
G To see all of your print jobs in a queue, enter the SHOW QUEUE command ( followed by the name of the print queue:
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" + $ SHOW QUEUE LPS40$A10 |
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" H Printer queue LPS40$A10, on LEVEL::A10, mounted form DCPS$DEFAULT (stock=DEFAULT) 9 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 9 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ R 96 MEMO MSMITH 114 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 |
C If you wish to see print jobs belonging to all users, and you have @ sufficient privileges to do so, use the SHOW QUEUE /ALL command.
E You can list all the queues in the system by entering the SHOW QUEUE command with no queue name.
H You can use the following qualifiers to specify the type of information # to display about a queue or queues:
| SHOW QUEUE Qualifier | 'Displays ... |
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| /ALL_JOBS | K All the print jobs in a queue. If you do not include this qualifier, C the SHOW QUEUE command displays your print jobs in the queue. |
| /BRIEF | H A short summary about one or more print jobs. This is the default 8 display if you do not include the /FULL qualifier. |
| /BY_JOB_STATUS=( keyword,...) | N Print jobs that have the status you specify for the keyword. The status U types are listed in Table 2-1. |
| /FILES | > The file names of the files in each print job displayed. |
| /FORM | u Information about the forms that are defined (see Chapter 12). |
| /FULL | L Information about the print job, including job status and files to be printed. |
| /SUMMARY | N A short message about the status of the queue and the print jobs in the queue. |
E You can remove a print job from the queue by using the DELETE /ENTRY D command. If the print job is being printed, this command terminates # printing and deletes the print job.
C If the system manager sets up the queue to retain print jobs, your H print job remains in the queue after you use the DELETE /ENTRY command. D In this case, use the DELETE /ENTRY command twice to remove the job from the queue.
G Include the job number of the print job to be deleted after the DELETE /ENTRY command. For example:
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" ' $ DELETE /ENTRY=96 |
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" E Job MEMO (queue LP40$A10, entry 96) terminated with error status 3 %JBC-F-JOBDELETE, job deleted before execution * %DELETE, entry 96 aborting or deleted |
B You can modify a print job that has not started printing. You can G change the queue for the print job, or any of the print job attributes G that you specified in the PRINT command. You cannot modify a print job that has begun printing.
H Use the SET ENTRY command to modify the status, queue, or attributes of H a print job. Specify the job number and any qualifiers in the SET ENTRY G command. The following example shows how to change the print queue for B print job number 318. To specify the new queue, use the SET ENTRY $ command with the /REQUEUE qualifier.
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" ? $ PRINT *.MSG /AFTER=17:00 /QUEUE=PS40$A10 H Job AUTO (queue PS40$A10, entry 318) holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 6 $ SET ENTRY 318 /REQUEUE=LP40$A10* $ SHOW QUEUE LP40$A10 E Printer queue LP40$A10, on MOON::A10::, mounted form DCPS$DEFAULT (stock=DEFAULT) 8 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status8 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------Q 318 AUTO MSMITH 368 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 |
B Use the SET ENTRY command to release a print job that is Holding. G Include the /RELEASE qualifier in the SET ENTRY command to release the print job. For example:
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" - $ SET ENTRY 318 /RELEASE B %DCPS-I-JOBSTART, Job AUTO (queue LP40$A10, entry 318) started on LP40$A10 |
C You can change the qualifiers and print parameters for a print job A using SET ENTRY. Include the job number and the new qualifier or * parameter values in the SET ENTRY command.
G If your PRINT command included more than one print parameter, you must F include them all in the SET ENTRY command. You cannot modify only one G of the print parameters without affecting the others that you included G in the PRINT command. If you modify only one parameter, the others are H reset to default values. For example, you could submit a print job with the following command:
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" X $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SIDES=2,PAGE_ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE) MYFILE.RPT? Job MYFILE (queue PS40$A10, entry 329) started on LPS40$A10 |
D To modify the page orientation setting for this print job, you must % include the SIDES parameter, as well:
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" T $ SET ENTRY 329 /PARAMETERS=(SIDES=2,PAGE_ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT)+ $ SHOW ENTRY 329 /FULL |
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" 9 Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status 9 ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ R 329 MYFILE MSMITH 4 Holding until 27-JUN-2005 17:00 ' On printer queue PS40$A10 T Submitted 27-JUN-2005 11:50 /FORM=DCPS$DEFAULT (stock=DEFAULT) /NOTIFY J /PARAM=("SIDES=2","PAGE_ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT") /PRIORITY=100 2 File: _$1$DUA10:[MSMITH]MYFILE.RPT;2 |
C Most printers have more than one input tray. You can use different H trays for various types of media, such as transparencies, envelopes and paper.
E Some printers support special trays, such as manual-feed input slots @ and envelope feeders. To list the input trays supported by your F printer, enter the HELP PRINT_PARAMETER INPUT_TRAY command and select ) the subtopic that describes your printer.
F Use the INPUT_TRAY parameter in the PRINT command to select the input 5 tray from which the media is drawn for the print job.
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" Z $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=INPUT_TRAY=input-tray file-name |
For example:
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" A $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=INPUT_TRAY=TOP MYFILE.PS |
B Some printers do not support multiple input trays. If you specify G /PARAMETERS=INPUT_TRAY on print jobs for these types of printers, your ? print job is terminated and the following message is displayed:
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" K NOINPTRAY, INPUT_TRAY selection not supported for printer-name |
D Selecting the wrong input tray with certain printers terminates the G print job. When you specify an input tray that is not supported by the 2 printer, the following error message is displayed:
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" @ INTRAYNOTSUP, No tray-name on printer-name |
D Some printers have optional input trays. If you specify an optional F input tray that is not currently available on the printer, the job is 8 terminated and the following error message is displayed:
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" M INTRAYNOTAVL, No tray-name is installed on printer-name |
H You can specify a paper size with the PAGE_SIZE or SHEET_SIZE parameter.
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" Z $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=SHEET_SIZE=sheet-size file-namej $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SHEET_SIZE=sheet-size,INPUT_TRAY=input-tray) -* _$ file-name |
For example:
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" A $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=SHEET_SIZE=LEGAL FILE.PS O $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SHEET_SIZE=A4,INPUT_TRAY=TOP) FILE.PS |
E If you specify both the input tray and the paper size, the specified G input tray must contain the requested paper size for the job to print, B or the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed:
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" X SIZNOTRAY, paper-size size medium is not in the tray-name tray in printer-name |
For example:
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" K SIZNOTRAY, A4 size medium is not in the TOP tray in PrintServer 17/600 |
F Media type is set on the printer to indicate the type of paper loaded G in a particular tray. The default is usually PLAIN. Other common media G types are COLOR, LETTERHEAD, PREPRINTED, PREPUNCHED and RECYCLED. When E a paper tray is set to a particular media type, only jobs requesting . that media type will use paper from that tray.
D To select media type in your DCPS job, use the MEDIA_TYPE parameter:
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" Z $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=MEDIA_TYPE=media-type file-name |
H DCPS allows any value for the MEDIA_TYPE parameter. Note that the media G type is sometimes abbreviated on a printer's front panel or on its web = page. For example, the setting for LETTERHEAD media might be G abbreviated as LTRHEAD. In most cases, you can specify either the full or abbreviated name.
G You should specify a media type currently used by your printer. If the = media type is not available on your printer, you will either:
G You can specify a media type with the MEDIA_TYPE parameter. Media type @ is set on the printer to indicate the type of paper loaded in a H particular tray. The default is usually PLAIN. Other common media types C are COLOR, LETTERHEAD, PREPRINTED, PREPUNCHED and RECYCLED. When a H paper tray is set to a particular media type, only jobs requesting that E media type will use paper from that tray if it is different from the printer's default media type.
C One benefit of using media type selection is the ability to select C paper by paper size and media type without having to know the tray 9 number containing the paper you want to use for your job.
+ To select paper of a particular media type:
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" Z $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=MEDIA_TYPE=media-type file-name |
For example:
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" A $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=MEDIA_TYPE=COLOR FILE.PS |
9 will select paper from the tray containing colored paper.
H DCPS allows any value for the MEDIA_TYPE parameter. Note that the media G type is sometimes abbreviated on a printer's front panel or on its web = page. For example, the setting for LETTERHEAD media might be G abbreviated as LTRHEAD. In most cases, you can specify either the full or abbreviated name.
H If the printer does not contain the requested media type, the print job ; is terminated and the following error message is displayed:
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" E MEDIATYPENOTAVL, No media-type type medium is loaded in printer name |
For example,
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" H MEDIATYPENOTAVL, No COLOR type medium is loaded in HP LaserJet 9050 |
D You can use the MEDIA_TYPE parameter in combination with other tray : selection parameters INPUT_TRAY, PAGE_SIZE and SHEET_SIZE.
E If you specify both the input tray and the media type, the specified G input tray must contain the requested paper size for the job to print. G Otherwise, the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed:
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" n MEDIATYPENOTRAY, media-type type medium is not in the tray tray in printer name |
C For example, if there is no letterhead paper in tray 2 and you type
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" T $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(INPUT_TRAY=TRAY_2,MEDIA_TYPE=LETTERHEAD) -- _$ /QUEUE=HP4650 FILE.PS |
3 you will see the following error message displayed:
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" I MEDIATYPENOTRAY, LETTERHEAD type medium is not in the TRAY_2 tray in HP Color LaserJet 4650 |
G Some printers will prompt you to load the requested media type instead F of causing the MEDIATYPENOTRAY error message. The behavior depends on B the characteristics of the printer. For example, HP printers with E Deferred Media Selection turned on will prompt you to load the media F type you specified. With most other printers, DCPS will not print the . job and will return the error message instead.
H Media type selection is supported only by PostScript Level 2 and higher A printers. If you specify the media type for a PostScript Level 1 H printer, the print job is terminated and the following error message is displayed:
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" F MEDIATYPENOSUP, Media type selection not supported for PostScript Level 1 printers |
2 To select the manual feed slot, use the parameter F INPUT_TRAY=MANUAL_FEED. You must also specify the paper size with the " SHEET_SIZE or PAGE_SIZE parameter.
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" { $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SHEET_SIZE=sheet-size,INPUT_TRAY=input-tray) file-name |
For example:
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" W $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SHEET_SIZE=A4,INPUT_TRAY=MANUAL_FEED) FILE.PS |
G If you omit the page size from a print job that specified manual feed, G your print job terminates and the following error message is displayed:
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" @ NO_SHEET_SIZE, Sheet_size must be specified for Manual_Feed |
F When you specify manual feed, job separation pages are printed on the C paper that is loaded in the printer's default input tray. Then the ; input tray is changed to MANUAL_FEED for printing the file.
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