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If you use preprinted forms that depend on the old translator’s behavior, you
can retain the old behavior by defining a DCPS logical:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE DCPS$queuename_OLD_ANSI_PAGE_SIZES 1
3.5 Setting Up Generic Queues
Generic queues are not associated with a specific printer; rather, they point
to the execution queues. Generic queues can be associated with more than
one execution queue and can distribute print jobs among queues, or they can
be used to associate specific DECprint Supervisor functions with a print job.
Generic queues are optional.
Example 3–3 shows how to set up a generic queue for printing with a layup
definition file. This generic queue feeds print jobs to either of two ScriptPrinter
execution queues.
Example 3–3 Setting Up a Generic Queue
$ @SYS$STARTUP:DCPS$GENERIC_QUEUE -
DRAFT_DOCS - ! P1 - Generic queue name
"LN03R_TTB4,LN03R_TTB7" - ! P2 - Execution queue names
"LAYUP=LPS$SINGLEHOLES" ! P3 - Default queue parameters
"" - ! P4 - Default queue qualifiers
"" ! P5 - Verify on/off
Table 3–2 Parameter Values for Generic Queues
Parameter Value
P1 (required) Name of the generic queue.
In Example 3–3, DRAFT_DOCS is the generic queue to which users
will send print jobs.
P2 (required) Name of the execution queue(s) to which the generic queue can send
jobs. You must supply at least one execution queue name for each
generic queue definition.
In Example 3–3, the generic queue will send print jobs to two
execution queues: LN03R_TTB4 and LN03R_TTB7.
P3 (optional) Default PRINT parameters.
In Example 3–3, LAYUP=LPS$SINGLEHOLES provides a default
layup definition file for the generic queue.
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3–14 Creating and Modifying Print Queues