Spooler Utilities Reference Manual

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Introduction to the Spooler
Subsystem
The Spooler subsystem is a set of utilities that form an interface between you (and
your application programs) and the print devices of a system. The Spooler subsystem
receives output from an application and stores it on disk. This output can be a report in
the format of an EDIT file (file code 101), a listing from a compiled program, or other
data. When the designated print device becomes available, the output is printed.
Topics described in this section include the following:
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Spooler and Spooler Plus Comparison on page 2-2
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Spooler Features on page 2-2
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Why Use the Spooler? on page 2-2
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Spooler Components on page 2-4
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Spooling in a Network on page 2-8
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Peruse and Spoolcom Comparison on page 2-10
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Spooler Jobs and Job Attributes on page 2-10
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Devices and Device Attributes on page 2-13
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Routing Structure on page 2-16
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Using the Spooler on page 2-18
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The Spooler and Batch Jobs on page 2-19
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Spooler Security on page 2-23