Spooler Utilities Reference Manual

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DEV Command
Considerations
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The device name uses an internal filename format. The device name can only be
up to 32 bytes. Therefore, any device with an eight character remote volume name
cannot be configured for use with DEV command.
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If neither $device nor subcommand is specified, Spoolcom displays the status of
all devices.
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Any user can obtain the status of a device.
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The SKIP and SKIPTO subcommands can be executed by the owner of the job
currently printing on the device.
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The START subcommand can be executed by a user only if the device is offline
and has a device error against it. Unless these two conditions are both true, the
standard user cannot use this subcommand.
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Only an authorized user can set and modify the attributes of a device.
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Before you can delete a device, the device queue must be empty (issue a
Spoolcom DEV, DRAIN command). Either disconnect the device from its location
(with the Spoolcom LOC, DEV command) or delete the location (with the Spoolcom
LOC, DELETE command). Any jobs using this location must be deleted before
you can delete the location.
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The print device is reset to its configured values each time the spooler print
process opens it, regardless of whether you have specified DEVRESET ON.
Normally, the spooler print process closes the print device after printing all the jobs
on the device queue and opens it again the next time it has jobs to print. Refer to
the EXCLUSIVE subcommand for information on controlling when the spooler print
process closes the print device.
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If you specify HEADER ON, then STARTFF ON and STARTFF OFF have no effect.
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For the FASTP print process, the SKIP and SKIPTO subcommands can have a
delayed effect with certain printers, because several lines or pages might be in
transmission to the printer before the SKIP or SKIPTO takes effect.
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The STARTFF subcommand suppresses inserting a blank page between jobs
unless HEADER ON or HEADER BATCH is configured. Other subcommands
affect inserting a blank page. To ensure that FASTP does not issue form feeds
between jobs, so that you can print multiple jobs per page, you should have these
subcommands configured as follows:
STARTFF OFF
ENDFF OFF
DEVRESET OFF
EXCLUSIVE ON
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If you are configuring a laser printer run by the FASTP print process, set ENDFF
ON to ensure that a form feed is issued at the end of a print job.