Checking the contents of your job for incorrect control sequences

Your print job may contain incorrect functions or control sequences. The following procedure explains how to view the contents of your job using PCONSOLE.

Use a text editor to view the print job.

1. Send the print job to a print queue using CAPTURE or NPRINT with the ``HOLD'' option.

2. At PCONSOLE's Available Options menu, select Print Queues. Select the print queue servicing the print job.

3. At the Print Queue Information menu, select Information. Write down the ``Object ID'' number. This is your print queue number.

4. Exit PCONSOLE and return to DOS.

5. Go to the QUEUES directory. The default location is SYS:QUEUES.

6. Change to the queue directory. The name of the queue directory is the Object ID followed by .QDR.

7. Type DIR to see a list of the print jobs in the queue.

8. Print jobs are listed by ID number in the queue.

9. Using FILER or a standard text editor, bring up the print job so that you can view all data and control sequences in the job.

   If there are multiple jobs in the queue, you will have to look at each one until you find the correct job.

   Control sequences assigned to the job by NetWare are attached to the beginning and/or end of the job by the CAPTURE or NPRINT utilities. The control sequences to be attached to the print job are determined by the ``Device'' and ``Mode'' fields of the print job configuration that was used when CAPTURE or NPRINT were run.

   The ``Details'' (D) option of CAPTURE or NPRINT will show which print job configuration is being used.

   Print job configurations can be created or modified using PRINTCON or the NetWare Administrator utility. The print job configuration may reference a print device definition (Device definitions can be created or modified using PRINTDEF or the NetWare Administrator utility.)

10. Refer to the documentation for your printer to verify that the control sequences in your job are correct for the printer.

    Some PostScript print device definitions include modes that are larger than the buffer size for the print header, which is 64 bytes. This buffer can be increased up to 255 bytes by adding the following line to the NET.CFG file:
    
    PRINT HEADER=number

    CAPTURE uses this buffer. NPRINT does not.