HP 3000 Manuals

Using Your System The User's Guide

Managing the Printing Hardware 

There are particular commands that are used in managing the spooler and
the printers.  Several methods of stopping and restarting the hardware
are available.  Each method has a slightly different effect.

To keep all files from printing 

Printing can be halted for all files in a number of ways.  The following
list provides several variations depending on your needs.

   *   Alter the print priorities of all output spool files to a level
       lower than the outfence.  This method changes the output priority
       of every spool file currently in the queue to a priority lower
       than the outfence.  Notice that this affects only those spool
       files that are in the queue when this command is entered.  Any new
       spool file entered in the queue will not be effected.  In the
       following example, the print priorities are lowered to 1.

            :LISTSPF Return 
            :SPOOLF O@;ALTER;PRI=1 Return 
            :LISTSPF Return 

   *   Raise the outfence to a level higher than any output spool file.
       This is helpful if you need to manage a large number of printouts.
       You can then alter individual spool files to the higher priority
       in the sequence that you want.  In the following example, the
       outfence is increased to 12.

            :OUTFENCE 12 Return 

   *   Take the printer offline.  (Refer to the user's manual for your
       printer for an illustration.)  This is often used to stop printing
       quickly to fix a paper jam.  Spool files continue to accumulate in
       the queue.

To stop a file that is printing 

To stop a file that is currently printing, suspend the spooler with the
SPOOLER command and ;SUSPEND parameter.  This can also be used to stop
printing quickly to fix a paper jam.  This command can be entered from
the system console only.

Example:

     :SPOOLER 113;SUSPEND Return 

LDEV 113, as used in this example, is commonly used as the logical device
number for the Series 9X7LX system's printer.  Check with your system
administrator, as this could vary depending upon how your system is set
up.

To finish printing one file 

To finish printing the current file but not let anything else print,
suspend the spooler using the SPOOLER command and the ;SUSPEND and
;FINISH parameters:

     :SPOOLER 113;SUSPEND;FINISH Return 

LDEV 113, as used in this example, is commonly used as the logical device
number for the Series 9X7LX system's printer.  Check with your system
administrator, as this could vary depending upon how your system is set
up.

To resume printing 

The SPOOLER command and the RESUME parameter are used to resume spooling
after the spooler has been suspended.  After this command takes effect,
printing begins on the next page.

     :SPOOLER 113;RESUME Return 

LDEV 113, as used in this example, is commonly used as the logical device
number for the Series 9X7LX system's printer.  Check with your system
administrator, as this could vary depending upon how your system is set
up.

To resume printing from a particular place 

To specify the page from which to resume printing, use the RESUME and
OFFSET= parameters.  A positive number in the OFFSET= parameter specifies
the page number on which to begin printing.  In the following example,
the printing starts at page 4, no matter where print was suspended:

     :SPOOLER 113;RESUME;OFFSET=4 Return 

In the following example, printing resumes back four pages from where
printing was suspended, or at the beginning of the file, if less than
four pages have been printed:

     :SPOOLER 113;RESUME;OFFSET=-4 Return 

LDEV 113, as used in this example, is commonly used as the logical device
number for the Series 9X7LX system's printer.  Check with your system
administrator, as this could vary depending upon how your system is set
up.

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