Spooler Plus Programmer's Guide

Introduction to the Spooler Plus Subsystem

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Job States

The status of a job is described by its state. At any time, each job in the spooler

subsystem is in one of several states, shown in Figure 1-6.

Different Spoolcom JOB subcommands are valid in different job states. The state of a

job determines which Spoolcom commands are valid. Refer to the Spoolcom JOB

command in the Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual for a description of the JOB

subcommands to use in which job states.

Figure 1-6. Job States

VST005.vsd

Spooler deletes

printed job

holdafter

flag is

set

Job waits in

device queue

HOLD

You can

modify

attributes with

SPOOLCOM

User puts

job on

hold

READY

Job finishes

spooling

OPEN

Job enters

spooler