Technical data

Note that the pdresubmit command is asynchronous. The command
returns a prompt before the server completes the operation.
7.1.8 Promoting a Job
You can move a job to the front of the queue. The job will be printed before
jobs that have not been promoted, regardless of submission time. While you
can promote only one job at a time, promoting several jobs in the same queue
causes the most recently promoted job to be printed first.
The currently printing job continues normally at each of the physical
printers associated with the queue containing the job to be promoted. The
spooler assigns the most recently promoted job to the first physical printer
that completes its current job and that can handle the promoted job.
You can promote jobs that have a current-job-state of pending or held.
The queue state must be either ready or paused.
Administrators and operators can use the pdpromote command to promote
a job. End users cannot promote jobs. The pdpromote command has the
following syntax:
pdpromote [-m message_text][server_name:] job_id
The following example shows how to use the pdpromote command:
• To promote job 2249 on spooler sx0001_spl:
# pdpromote sx0001_spl:2249
7.1.9 Pausing a Job
You can pause a job before it is submitted to a physical printer for printing.
Other jobs in the queue are submitted around the paused job.
Only pending or held jobs can be paused. That is, a job that has started to
print cannot be paused. When you pause a job:
• A specific document within the job cannot be paused. The whole job is
paused.
• The job cannot be rescheduled until it is resumed.
• The operation fails if the job has already been submitted to the
supervisor for printing.
The pdpause command has the following syntax:
pdpause -c job [-m message_text][server_name:] job_id
The following example shows how to use the pdpause command:
• To pause job 11224 on spooler1 and include a message:
7–8 Managing Jobs and Documents