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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.6 Using Queue Options
Example
In the following example, the SET QUEUE command changes the default form to
LN03_PORTRAIT for the LN03_PRINT queue.
$ SET QUEUE/DEFAULT=FORM=LN03_PROTRAIT LN03_PRINT
14.6.7.6 Mounting a Form on a Queue
To mount a form on a queue, use the /FORM_MOUNTED qualifier with
INITIALIZE/QUEUE, START/QUEUE, or SET QUEUE in the following format:
INITIALIZE/QUEUE/FORM_MOUNTED=type
where type is the form name or number defined by the DEFINE/FORM command.
If you see a print job pending because of a stock mismatch, change the stock
of the printer to the requested stock and mount the form associated with the
requested stock on the queue, or perform one of the other steps explained in
Section 14.8.2.1.
14.6.7.7 Deleting a Form
To delete a customized form, enter the DELETE/FORM command. For example:
$ DELETE/FORM MEMO
You must specify the form name with DELETE/FORM (not the form number).
If you know the number assigned to the form but do not know the name, enter
SHOW QUEUE/FORM to display the names and numbers assigned to forms on
the system.
If the system displays the following messages, a queue or job exists with a
reference to the form:
%DELETE-E-NOTDELETED, error deleting form-name
-JBC-E-REFERENCED, existing references prevent deletion
You must remove all references to the form before you can delete the form. For
information about removing references to a form, see Section 14.8.5.
14.6.7.8 Controlling Line and Page Overflow
Under certain conditions, lines and pages formatted by the print symbiont might
exceed the length of lines and pages for a printer. You can use queue options to
control line and page overflow.
Line Overflow
Compaq recommends that you control line overflow by using form definitions. To
do this, you must set terminals and printers to avoid wrapping or truncating the
print line before the physical limit of the device’s width.
Note
The print symbiont uses the form to determine the width of a line. Once
the print symbiont has finished formatting the data, if the width of the
line exceeds the /WIDTH setting for the device, the device driver will use
the /TRUNCATE or /WRAP settings (if set) to truncate or wrap the line.
Different forms can have different right, left, top, and bottom margin settings.
By using forms to control page and line overflow, users can switch from one form
to another without requiring operators to stop the queue, alter the device setup,
and restart the queue. The queue manager automatically mounts any forms with
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