Spooler Plus Programmer's Guide

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Spooler Plus Programmer’s
Guide
Index Examples Figures Tables
Legal Notices
What’s New in This Manual vii
Manual Information vii
New and Changed Information vii
About This Manual ix
Who Should Use This Manual ix
How This Manual Is Organized x
Related Manuals xi
Notation Conventions xi
HP Encourages Your Comments xi
1. Introduction to the Spooler Plus Subsystem
Spooler and Spooler Plus Comparison 1-2
Spooler Plus Features 1-2
Spooler Components 1-3
Spooler Supervisor 1-3
Collector 1-3
Print Processes
1-3
Perusal Processes
1-3
Spoolcom
1-4
Disk Files Maintained by the Spooler 1-6
Multiple Spoolers 1-6
Spooler States
1-7
Spooling From an Application Program
1-9
Data Compression 1-9
Job States While Spooling From a Program
1-10
Collectors
1-10
Collector Attributes
1-11
Collector States
1-11
Unit Size 1-12
Print Processes
1-13