Technical data

• zone is the zone that includes the printer. This value is optional. The

default is the AppleTalk zone for the network segment of the OpenVMS

system on which the print queue is running.

• type describes the printer’s accessibility. This value is optional. Generally,

the type is

LaserWriter

When only printername is required, the information provided for P2 would be

just

"APPLETALK/printername"

For example, an AppleTalk printer could be speciﬁed by any of the following:

"APPLETALK/Paul’s Printer"

"APPLETALK/Paul’s Printer@MRO"

"APPLETALK/Paul’s Printer@MRO@LaserWriter"

3.3.3 Supplying the Library Logical Name (P3)

The name of the standard device control library is DCPS$DEVCTL. This is the

default library name if this parameter is blank. Refer to Chapter 7 for more

information about creating device control libraries and deﬁning the device

control library logical name.

3.3.4 Assigning Default PRINT Command Parameters to the Queue (P4)

You can specify default PRINT command parameters to associate with the

queue. Any PRINT parameter can be associated by default with a queue.

Default PRINT parameters are used when the print job prints on the speciﬁed

queue, unless the user speciﬁes different parameter values in the PRINT

command line. The parameter values speciﬁed in the PRINT command line

override the default queue parameters.

Place quotes around default PRINT parameters, as shown in the following

example:

$ @SYS$STARTUP:DCPS$EXECUTION_QUEUE -

2UP - ! P1 - Execution queue name

"SERIAL/TTB4" - ! P2 - Device name

DCPS_LIB - ! P3 - Logical name for your library search list

"NUMBER_UP=2" ! P4 - Defines a default queue parameter

How DECprint Supervisor Prioritizes PRINT Parameters

Parameters set by the /PARAMETERS qualiﬁer of the PRINT command

override any defaults set for the queue. DECprint Supervisor uses default

values for parameters, from highest to lowest priority, as follows:

1. Parameters speciﬁed in the PRINT command

2. Queue defaults speciﬁed for the generic queue

Creating and Modifying Print Queues 3–7