The PCONSOLE utility

Setting print job parameters

You can change or set the following parameters for print jobs. Many of these parameters are also command line options for NPRINT and CAPTURE.

Print job: The ID number of the job to be printed.
Client: The name and station number of the object that submitted or is submitting the job.
Description: You can enter a description of the file you are printing for identification purposes. The default is the filename.
Status: The status of the print job.
User hold: You can put your print job on hold. If you do, the file is not printed until you remove the hold. The User Hold parameter can be changed by either the owner of the print job (the person who submitted it) or a print queue operator. Type ``Y'' to place a hold on the job; type ``N'' to remove the parameter.
Operator hold: The Operator Hold parameter can be changed only by a print queue operator. If the Operator Hold parameter is set to ``Yes'', the job is not printed until the operator resets the parameter to ``No''.
Service sequence: If you are a print queue operator, you can change the Service sequence parameter. The service sequence is the position of the print job in the print queue.
Number of copies: You can choose the number of copies you want printed.
File contents: You can choose either ``Text'' or ``Byte stream'' (the default). Choose text when you want tabs to be converted to spaces. Also choose text to print ASCII text. Choose byte stream if you are printing from within an application and you want the application to handle the formatting commands. Also choose byte stream if you will be downloading fonts on a laser printer.
Tab size: If you chose ``Text'' (from the File Contents menu), use the Tab Size field to specify the number of spaces you want the tabs in your file set to. Default is 8 spaces.
Form feed: If you want the printer to advance to the top of the next page after your print job, choose ``Yes''. If you do not want the printer to advance to the top of the next page, choose ``No''. Some applications have a form feed at the end of the file, so adding another causes an extra blank page to be fed through.
Notify when done: If you select ``Yes'', you will receive a screen message telling you when the job has printed.
Form: You can choose the form number or form name you want the job printed on. (Form names are defined in PRINTDEF.)
Print banner: If you want a banner page printed before the file, choose ``Yes''. If not, choose ``No''. Default is Yes.
Name: If you choose to print a banner page, you can enter text up to 12 characters long in the Name field. It is printed in the first large print area of the banner. The default is your username.
Banner name: The default is the filename of the print job, but it can be another name you specify.
Defer printing: If you want the job to be printed as soon as possible, choose ``No''. If you want to print the job later, choose ``Yes''. If you choose ``Yes'', you can enter a target date and time for printing.
Target date: Enter the date you want your job printed on. (You can set this option only if you chose ``Yes'' for Defer Printing.)
Target time: Set the time at which you want your job printed. (You can set this option only if you chose ``Yes'' for Defer Printing.) The job entry date and time, print job number, file size, and client name cannot be changed.

NOTE: If extra (blank) pages are coming out at the end of print jobs, the extra form feed should have been suppressed for those jobs. If the final page of a job requires a form feed to be pressed at the printer or is tacked on to the start of the next job, the form feed should have been specified in the job configuration.

A job will not start until any defer date and time have been satisfied and any operator and user holds have been removed. The owner of a job can set and remove a user hold, but only a queue operator can set or remove an operator hold.