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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.7 Maintaining Queues
Option Description
MASK Specifies that input data is masked by replacing alphabetic characters with
the character X and numbers with the number 9. Mask characters let you
prevent the printing of sensitive information. If you omit the MASK option,
data is printed unaltered.
n A decimal number in the range 1 to 20 that specifies the number of alignment
pages to print. By default, one page of alignment data is printed.
You can use the /ALIGN qualifier with any of the file positioning qualifiers
described in the previous section. File positioning is performed before alignment
data is printed. After the alignment is complete, the queue enters a paused state
until you restart it by reentering START/QUEUE. Printing resumes from the
point that alignment data started; that is, the task is backspaced over the pages
printed for alignment.
Example
The command in the following example requests masked alignment for four pages
of output. In this example, the file for the job that was being printed when the
queue was paused is backspaced two pages before alignment is performed. Four
pages of alignment mask characters are printed. Then the output for the current
job is positioned backward four pages, and the queue pauses.
$ START/QUEUE/BACKWARD=2/ALIGN=(MASK,4) SYS_LPA0
14.8 Solving Queue Problems
The following sections can help you solve common queue problems:
Problem Section
General printer problems Section 14.8.1
Scheduling pending jobs Section 14.8.2
Stock mismatch problems Section 14.8.2.1
Characteristics mismatch problems Section 14.8.2.2
Stalled output queues Section 14.8.3
Autostart queues that do not start Section 14.8.4
Problems deleting queues, forms, and characteristics Section 14.8.5
Problems deleting files following printing Section 14.8.6
Problems adding or deleting a module from a device
control library
Section 14.8.7
Queue is disabled Section 14.8.8
14.8.1 Determining the Cause of General Printer Problems
The following steps can help you determine the cause of general printer problems:
1. Enter a command in the following format to determine the status of the queue
with which the printer is associated:
SHOW QUEUE/FULL queue-name
Table 14–5 lists and describes queue statuses.
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