Spooler Programmer's Guide

Spooler Procedure Calls

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PRINTSTART[2] Procedure

The PRINTSTART procedure formats the job buffer for a spooler job being started.

The buffer is used in subsequent calls to PRINTREAD.

PRINTSTART[2] is the same procedure with a larger buffer.

error-code returned value

INT

returns one of the following spooler error codes:

job-buffer output

INT:ref:560

contains control information for the job being started in a form suitable for passing

to other print procedures.

print-control-buffer input

is the buffer obtained from PRINTCOMPLETE[2] or SPOOLEREQUEST[2] for

spooler jobs. For spooler job files, print-control-buffer must be passed but

previous buffer contents are ignored.

error-code := PRINTSTART[2] ( job-buffer ! o

,print-control-buffer ! i

,data-filenum ); ! i

0 Successful operation.

%2000-%2377 File error on data file (bits <8:15> contain a file-system error

number).

%3000-%3377 Supervisor file error (<8:15> contains a file error). This error

indicates a communication problem with the supervisor. A print

process receiving this error can call ABEND, retry the operation

a number of times, or continue reading and printing jobs without

any further communication with the supervisor.

%4000-%4377 Device error sent to the supervisor by the print process (bits

<8:15> contain a file-system error number).

%10001 Parameter is present, but its content is wrong.

INT:ref:64 (Use with PRINTSTART)

INT:ref:128 (Use with PRINTSTART2)