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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.6 Using Queue Options
the same stock as the currently mounted form. Operator assistance is needed
only to mount a form that has a stock that differs from the stock of the currently
mounted form. For more information, see Section 14.8.2.1.
To control line overflow, create forms using DEFINE/FORM with the
/[NO]TRUNCATE and /[NO]WRAP qualifiers described in Table 14–3.
Page Overflow
To control page overflow errors, use the /DEFAULT=[NO]FEED qualifier
with INITIALIZE/QUEUE, START/QUEUE, or SET QUEUE. This qualifier
controls whether a form-feed character is automatically inserted when the
symbiont detects overflow into the bottom margin area. Users can use the
PRINT/[NO]FEED command to override the default feed option specified for a
queue.
Users can specify the /PASSALL qualifier with the PRINT command to bypass
all formatting, including carriage control, that the print symbiont performs. The
default is /NOPASSALL. Use this qualifier when the print symbiont formatting
might interfere with the desired formatting of the file. The /PASSALL qualifier
causes the print symbiont to send I/O to the device driver with all formatting
suppressed.
14.6.7.9 Suppressing Initial Form Feed
When you start a print queue, a form feed is sent to the output device to ensure
that the paper is at the top of the page before printing begins. The initial form
feed causes a blank form to be printed when a queue starts.
To suppress the initial form feed, use the /NO_INITIAL_FF qualifier with
INITIALIZE/QUEUE, SET QUEUE, or START/QUEUE.
14.6.8 Using Device Control Libraries
A device control library is a text library that contains user-written modules
consisting of text or escape sequences. A device control library module can be
used for the following purposes:
• With programmable printers, to insert device-dependent escape sequences
that set up a printer for selected print options such as point size, character
set, and bold or italic print
• With programmable and nonprogrammable printers, to insert text at specific
points in the processing of a print job
The three types of device control library modules, distinguished by their
placement in a print job, are:
Module Type Placement
Setup Inserted at the beginning of a file.
Page setup Inserted at the beginning of each page.
Reset Inserted at the end of each job. Use reset modules to reset a printer
to a known state at the end of a job.
How to Perform This Task
To use device control library options, perform the following steps:
1. Create a library and insert modules.
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