Spooler FASTP Network Print Processes Manual

Installing and Configuring FASTP Network Print
Processes
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Configuring a FASTCNFG File
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If only a subordinate FASTCNFG file has been altered, update the timestamp of
the primary FASTCNFG file as well. To change the timestamp, modify something in
the file (for example, add and delete a character).
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If EXCLUSIVE ON is specified for a device, change the attribute to EXCLUSIVE
OFF!. EXCLUSIVE OFF! specifies that the print process should close the device
between jobs. Therefore, before the print process opens the device for the next
job, it reads the primary FASTCNFG file and checks the timestamp. If the file has
been updated, the print process reads the information in the configuration entry for
the device and updates its own timestamp and configuration information for the
device. Once EXCLUSIVE OFF! has been specified and a job subsequently sent to
the device, EXCLUSIVE ON can be specified again. Use the following sequence of
Spoolcom commands to perform this process:
DEV $device-name,DRAIN
DEV $device-name,EXCLUSIVE OFF!
DEV $device-name,START
/* Send job to device */
DEV $device-name,DRAIN
DEV $device-name,EXCLUSIVE ON
DEV $device-name,START
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If EXCLUSIVE OFF is specified for a device, there are many jobs in its print queue,
and it is necessary to ensure that an altered FASTCNFG file is read before all the
jobs in its print queue are sent to the device, force the print process to close and
open the device by draining and starting the device. Use the following Spoolcom
commands to perform this process:
DEV $device-name,DRAIN
DEV $device-name,START
FASTCNFG File Format
A FASTCNFG file is informally structured and consists of keywords and keyword
values followed by one or more pairs of attributes and attribute values. For example:
keyword keyword-value
attribute = attribute-value
[ attribute = attribute-value ]...
A FASTCNFG file also must follow the following file formatting rules.
File-Formatting Rules
Table 2-6 summarizes the file-formatting rules for a FASTCNFG file. These rules are
discussed in greater detail in the subsections that follow the t
able.