Specifications

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Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming
_ _MIS MISCELLANEOUS
mA Printer Data Stream Description PostScript
mD Name of message catalog Containing Attribute pioattr1.cat
Descriptors
mF Path Name of Font File To Be Downloaded (must
include download commands)
mL Printer Description IBM 4029 Laser
Printer
mN Printer model number 029
mY Datastream Mode to Which Printer is Restored at 3
End of Job (0: IBM PPDS; 1: HP PCL; 2:
Plotter; 3: PostScript)
mc String to Send to Printer ”mz” Times When \0
Job Is Cancelled
md Output Data Stream Type (example: ascii); ps
Initialized By ”piodigest”
mf Path Name of the Default Formatter (used when %Idf/piofpt
running standalone)
mi Input Data Stream Names (1 character, s,l
separated by commas) for mp Attribute
mm File Name Of (Digested) Data Base; Init. By
”piodigest” (mt.md.mn.mq:mv)
mn Device name (example: lp0); Initialized By lp1
”piodigest”
mo Command String to Invoke Device Driver I/F %Ide/pioout %v
Program (end of pipeline) [ABCDFINOPRS]
mp Strings (separated by commas) That Identify %%!,\320OPS
Print File Data Types (see mi)
mq Queue Name; Initialized By ”piodigest” ps1
These same attributes are stored in the colon file in the following format:
:058:_ _MIS::
:330:mA::PostScript
:332:mD::pioattr1.cat
:287:mF::
:331:mL::IBM 4029 LaserPrinter
:295:mN::4029
:516:mY::3
:301:mc::\0
:302:md::ps
:303:mf::%Idf/piofpt
:304:mi::s,l
:305:mm::
:306:mn::lp1
:307:mo::%Ide/pioout %v[ABCDFINOPRS]
:308:mp::%%!,\320OPS
:309:mq::ps1
Work Variable Attributes
Work variable attributes (values change while formatting) begin with the letter w and are
listed under the _ _WKV group header attribute.
Some typical work variable attributes for a supported PostScript printer are: