Print job configuration parameters

The following parameters can be set or changed.

Number of copies

Type a number from 1 to 65,000. Default: 1

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

This parameter applies only if you choose ``Text'' as the ``File contents'' setting. Type a number from 1 to 18. The number of spaces you specify replaces all tab characters in your print job. If ``File contents'' is set to ``Byte stream,'' this field is blank. Default: 8.

Form feed

Type ``Y'' for ``Yes'' or ``N'' for ``No''.Choose ``Yes'' if you want the printer to advance to the top of the next page after your print job. Choose ``No'' if you do not want the printer to advance to the top of the next page. Some applications already have a form feed at the end of the file, so setting this parameter can cause an extra blank page to be fed through. Default: Yes.

Notify when done

Type ``Y'' for ``Yes'' or ``N'' for ``No''. If you choose ``Yes'', you are notified that your data has been printed. A message appears across the bottom of your screen. Default: No notification.

Form name

Specifies the form that the printer will use. If an invalid form name is used, CAPTURE will use the default value, ``(None).'' (You must define forms using PRINTDEF or NetWare Administrator before users can use form names or numbers.) With an invalid name or number, CAPTURE gives a warning message but still redirects the port using default form values. Default is None.

Print banner

Type ``Y'' for ``Yes'' or ``N'' for ``No''. Choose ``Yes'' if you want a banner to be printed before the file is printed. Default: Yes.

Name

If you print a banner, you can specify the username that appears on the upper part of the banner page. You can use the default username, or you can type any text (up to 12 characters long). Default: Your username.

Banner name

Indicates what will appear in the lower half of the banner page. Limit is 12 characters. Use any word or phrase up to 12 characters long. To allow spaces in a banner name, enclose the name in quotation marks (for example, ``ON THE GO''). Default: The CAPTUREd port (for example, LPT1) or, when using NPRINT, the filename.

Local printer

This parameter is used only with CAPTURE. You can specify which local parallel printer port (LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3) you want to CAPTURE. Default: LPT1.

Auto endcap

This parameter is used only with CAPTURE. Type ``Y'' for ``Yes'' or ``N'' for ``No''. Choose ``Yes'' if you want the CAPTUREd data to be printed when you exit an application or when the application closes the printer. Choose ``No'' if you don't want the CAPTUREd data to be printed until you issue a CAPTURE EC command. An alternative is to add TI=number to your CAPTURE command. Default: Yes.

Enable timeout

This parameter is used only with CAPTURE. Type ``Y'' for ``Yes'' or ``N'' for ``No''.Choose ``Yes'' if you want the CAPTUREd data to be sent to the queue after the number of seconds you define as the ``Timeout count'' has elapsed since receiving data. Default: No.

Timeout count

Specifies the number of seconds the operating system should wait after the last data is received before closing the print job. If your timeout is not long enough, you may have problems printing some files, especially files with graphics. Increase the timeout if only parts of files are being printed or if the files do not print at all. Default: 5.

Printer/Queue

Indicates to which printer or print queue the print job should be sent. Bindery mode uses only queue names.

Device

Press <Enter> to see a list of print devices defined in PRINTDEF you can use.

Mode

Press <Enter> to see a list of the modes for the print devices you chose. A mode is a set of control sequences defined in PRINTDEF.