Spooler Programmer's Guide

Introduction to the Spooler Subsystem
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Device Attributes
Table 1-5. Device Attributes (page 1 of 2)
Device
Attribute
Spoolcom DEV
Subcommand Default Value Comment
Form name FORM All blanks Guarantees that only certain
types of jobs print on the
device. Most commonly used
when device is loaded with
special paper or ribbon.
Speed SPEED 100 (lines per
minute)
Value used by supervisor in
calculating how long jobs will
take to print on the device.
Used only for job selection; has
no effect on device printing
speed.
Print process
name
PROCESS (None) Each device must have a print
process associated with it if it is
going to print jobs. The print
process retrieves jobs from disk
and writes the spooled data to
the device.
Ownership mode EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE
OFF
Truncation mode TRUNC TRUNC OFF Tells a standard print process
whether to truncate or to wrap
around long lines.
Device width WIDTH Value from
DEVICEINFO
If user does not supply this,
standard print process calls
Guardian file-system
DEVICEINFO procedure to
obtain record size of the device.
Device
parameter
PARM 0 Affects the FASTP print process
as described in the Spoolcom
DEV command.
Selection
algorithm
FIFO FIFO OFF FIFO orders the jobs on a first-
in, first-out basis. FIFO OFF
(the default) orders the printing
queue based on the length of
the incoming job and how long
the other jobs have been in the
queue.
Retry interval RETRY 5 (seconds)
Number of
retries
TIMEOUT 360 (seconds)