Print Queue Options

Assigning Queue Operator Flags

By selecting "Status" from the "Print Queue Information" menu, a print queue operator with appropriate rights can set flags that limit access to the selected print queue:

"Allow users to submit print jobs" allows queue users to submit print jobs to the queue if the option is set to Yes (the default).
"Allow service by current print servers" allows assigned print servers to service print jobs in the queue if the option is set to Yes (the default).
"Allow new print servers to attach" allows print servers to attach to the queue if the option is set to Yes (the default).

Creating or Manipulating Print Jobs

NPRINT, CAPTURE, NETUSER, and PCONSOLE can be used to create print jobs. Print jobs also may be manipulated using PCONSOLE and NETUSER. The following procedure can be used with PCONSOLE.

Procedure

From PCONSOLE's "Available Options" menu, select "Print Queues."
Select the queue in which the job resides or is to be submitted; then select "Print Jobs."
This brings up a screen which lists the print jobs in the queue.
To submit a file for printing from this screen,
1. Press <Insert>.
2. Enter the directory path to the desired file (or press <Insert> again to browse).
3. Select the desired file and press <Enter>.
  The "Print Job Information" screen appears.
4. Modify the configuration parameters as desired. Then press <Esc>.
  See Table 3-2, "Print Job Parameters in PCONSOLE," for information on each of these parameters.
To change an existing print job's configuration from the "Print Jobs" screen, select the job and alter its configuration parameters as desired.
See Table 3-2, "Print Job Parameters in PCONSOLE," for information on each of these parameters.
To delete a print job from the "Print Jobs" list, press <Del>.

Setting Print Job Parameters

You can change or set the following parameters for print jobs. Many of these parameters are also command line options for NPRINT and CAPTURE.

Table 3-2 Print Job Parameters in PCONSOLE

Parameter	Description
Print job	The ID number of the job to be printed.
Client	The name and station number of the object that submitted or is submitting the job.
Description	You can enter a description of the file you are printing for identification purposes. The default is the filename.
Status	The status of the print job.
User hold	You can put your print job on hold. If you do, the file is not printed until you remove the hold. The "User Hold" parameter can be changed by either the owner of the print job (the person who submitted it) or a print queue operator.
User hold	Type "Y" (for "Yes") to place a hold on the job; type "N" (for "No") to remove the "User Hold" parameter.
Operator hold	The "Operator Hold" parameter can be changed only by a print queue operator. If the "Operator Hold" parameter is set to "Yes," the job is not printed until the operator resets the parameter to "No."
Service sequence	If you are a print queue operator, you can change the "Service sequence" parameter. The service sequence is the position of the print job in the print queue.
Number of copies	You can choose the number of copies you want printed.
File contents	You can choose either "Text" or "Byte stream" (the default).
	Choose "Text" when you want tabs to be converted to spaces. Also choose "Text" to print ASCII text.
	Choose "Byte stream" if you are printing from ' within an application and you want the application to handle the formatting commands. Also choose "Byte stream" if you will be downloading fonts on a laser printer.
Tab size	If you chose "Text" (from the "File Contents" menu), use the Tab Size" field to specify the number of spaces you want the tabs in your file set to. Default is 8 spaces.
Form feed	If you want the printer to advance to the top of the next page after your print job, choose "Yes." If you don't want the printer to advance to the top of the next page, choose "No."
Form feed	Some applications have a form feed at the end of the file, so adding another causes an extra blank page to be fed through.
Notify when done	If you select "Yes," you will receive a screen message telling you when the job has printed.
Form	You can choose the form number or form name you want the job printed on. (Form names are defined in PRINTDEF.)
Print banner	If you want a banner page printed before the file, choose "Yes." If not, choose "No." Default is Yes.
Name	If you choose to print a banner page, you can enter text up to 12 characters long in the "Name" field. It is printed in the first large print area of the banner. The default is your username.
Banner name	The default is the filename of the print job, but it can be another name you specify.
Defer printing	If you want the job to be printed as soon as possible, choose "No." If you want to print the job later, choose "Yes." If you choose "Yes," you can enter a target date and time for printing. (See the following explanations for "Target date" and "Target time")
Target date	Enter the date you want your job printed on. (You can set this option only if you chose "Yes" for "Defer Printing.")
Target time	Set the time at which you want your job printed. (You can set this option only if you chose "Yes" for "Defer Printing.")
Target time	The job entry date and time, print job number, file size, and client name cannot be changed.




	NOTE: If extra (blank) pages are coming out at the end of print jobs, the extra form feed should have been suppressed for those jobs. If the final page of a job requires a form feed to be pressed at the printer or is tacked on to the start of the next job, the form feed should have been specified in the job configuration.

A job will not start until any defer date and time have been satisfied and any operator and user holds have been removed. The owner of a job can set and remove a user hold, but only a queue operator can set or remove an operator hold.

Print Queue Options

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Assigning Queue Operator Flags

Creating or Manipulating Print Jobs

Procedure

Setting Print Job Parameters