Spooler Programmer's Guide

Spooler Procedure Calls

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PRINTINFO Procedure

The PRINTINFO procedure is used in print processes to communicate with the spooler

supervisor.

The PRINTINFO procedure returns information regarding a job to the supervisor in

response to a “send status” request. This includes spooler job files.

error-code returned value

INT

returns the following spooler error code:

job-buffer input

INT:ref:560

contains control information for the job started. PRINTINFO interprets the contents

of job-buffer.

copies-remaining output

INT:ref:1

returns the number of copies of the job that are left to print, including the current

copy.

current-page output

INT:ref:1

returns the page number of the current page.

current-line output

INT:ref:1

returns the current line of the current page being printed.

lines-printed output

INT:ref:1

returns the total number of lines printed for this copy of the job.

error-code := PRINTINFO ( job-buffer ! i

,[ copies-remaining ] ! o

,[ current-page ] ! o

,[ current-line ] ! o

,[ lines-printed ] ); ! o

%1000

Parameter present, but its content is

wrong.