Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual

Introduction to the Spooler Plus Subsystem

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Spooler Jobs and Job Attributes

When you request the spooler to print information, the request is called a spooler job.

The spooler assigns to each job a job number in the range 1 through 65534. (The

system operator can set the maximum job number to a lower value with the SPOOL

program. See Appendix A, SPOOL Program.) In addition to the job number, jobs have

seven primary attributes:

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Batch number

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Job priority

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Job copies

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Job report name

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Job form name

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Job location

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Job state

Peruse and Spoolcom allow you to display and alter these attributes. Descriptions of

these attributes follow.

Batch Number

The batch number identifies a batch job, which is a group of individual jobs that have

been linked together by the spooler or by the Peruse or Spoolcom LINK command.

Batch jobs are described in detail in The Spooler and Batch Jobs on page 1-16.

Job Priority

Job priority determines when a job will print in relation to other jobs queued for the

same device. The spooler maintains a device queue for all print devices, and higher-

priority jobs are placed ahead of lower-priority jobs in the queue. For more information,

see Selection Algorithm on page 1-12.

Job Copies

The job copies attribute specifies the number of copies to print.

Job Report Name

The job report name is printed in banner-sized letters in the header message of the

job. The header message is described later in this section under Devices and Device

Attributes on page 1-11.

Job Form Name

The job form name is an optional attribute that allows you to ensure that your job is

printed only on a device that has been loaded with the correct paper or forms. A job

with a job form name will print only on a device that has a corresponding device form

name. (Refer to Devices and Device Attributes on page 1-11.)