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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.6 Using Queue Options
In OpenVMS, you have the option of using either of the following forms:
• A systemwide default form
If your printing needs are limited, use the systemwide default form (named
DEFAULT) for all queues. Note that you can make changes to the systemwide
default form.
• Forms that you create and assign to specific queues
To format output or indicate special paper, you can create customized forms.
Users can then request a form for a print job by specifying the form when
they submit a job.
Mounting Forms
The stock of a form affects whether a job is eligible to print. The stock must
match the queue’s mounted form. The mounted form is the form of the current
job or, if no job is processing, the form of the last job printed in a queue.
If the stock of a job’s form matches the stock of the queue’s mounted form, the
job is processed using the options in the job’s form. The mounted form changes
automatically to the form of the job being processed in the queue. If the stock
does not match the stock of the mounted form, the job remains pending until you
perform special steps. (See Section 14.6.7.6.)
Commands for Specifying Forms
Use the following commands when working with forms:
Command Description
DEFINE/FORM Creates a form and assigns a name and
number.
SHOW QUEUE/FORM/FULL Displays information about forms available on
a system.
DELETE/FORM Deletes a form.
INITIALIZE/QUEUE/DEFAULT=FORM
START/QUEUE/DEFAULT=FORM
SET QUEUE/DEFAULT=FORM
Specifies the name or number of the default
form for an output execution queue.
PRINT/FORM
SET ENTRY/FORM
Specifies the name or number of the form to
be associated with a print job.
INITIALIZE/QUEUE/FORM_MOUNTED
START/QUEUE/FORM_MOUNTED
SET QUEUE/FORM_MOUNTED
Specifies the name or number of the mounted
form for an output execution queue.
SHOW QUEUE/FULL Displays information about a queue, including
the default form for the queue and the form
mounted on the queue.
Systemwide Default or Customized Forms
To use the systemwide default form with no changes, do nothing. The system will
automatically use the systemwide default form, DEFAULT, for all queues.
If you want to change the default form, however, do so before creating any queues
that reference the form. For more information about how to make changes, see
Section 14.6.7.3.
To create customized forms, perform the steps explained in Section 14.6.7.4.
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