Guardian User's Guide

Managing the Spooler Using Spoolcom
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Print Device Attributes
Print Device Attributes
You define the attributes of a print device with the SPOOLCOM DEV command. Any
device attributes not specified in the DEV command take on a default value.
Table 15-5. Print Device Attributes and DEV Subcommands (page 1 of 3)
SPOOLCOM DEV
Attributes and Subcommands Description and Default Value
DEVRESET [ ON | OFF ] DEVRESET and DEVRESET ON reset IOP print
processes back to their values configured during
SYSGEN without having to reset the printer. The
default value, DEVRESET OFF, causes the print
process to reset the print IOP, but not the print device, to
its configured default values at the beginning of each
print job.
DEVTYPE [ blank | LU1 |
LU3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5512 | 5515 |
5516 | 5573 | 5574 | 5577 ]
Controls the configuration of a print device. Applies to
the FASTP and PSPOOLB print processes. For an
explanation of DEVTYPE options, see the Spooler
Utilities Reference Manual.
ENDFF [ ON | OFF ] ENDFF or ENDFF ON causes PSPOOL or FASTP to
issue a form feed at the end of a job. ENDFF OFF, the
default value, causes PSPOOL or FASTP to suppress a
form feed at the end of a job.
EXCLUSIVE [ ON | OFF [!]] Specifies the ownership mode of the device with respect
to the spooler:
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EXCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE ON specifies that
the print process should not close the device when
the printer is not printing a job. The print process
keeps the device open all the time, preventing any
other process from gaining access.
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EXCLUSIVE OFF (the default) specifies that the
print process should close the device when no more
jobs are waiting to be printed. This lets other
processes access the device.
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EXCLUSIVE OFF ! specifies that the device is to
be closed between jobs.
FIFO [ ON | OFF ] Specifies the algorithm by which jobs are selected for
printing:
FIFO or FIFO ON indicates a first-come, first-served
basis.
FIFO OFF (the default) causes jobs to be added to the
device queue according to an algorithm that takes into
account the relative lengths of jobs already in the queue.
FORM [ form-name ] Specifies the form name for the device. Specifying a
form name guarantees that only certain types of jobs
print on the device. This attribute is most commonly
used when the device is loaded with special paper or
ribbon. The default name is a blank form name.