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job from a queue that DCPS determines the state of the printer and its

associated interconnect.

5.9 Modifying the Attributes of a Queue

You can temporarily modify the attributes of a print queue with the SET

QUEUE command. When the printing system is restarted, the queue

attributes you set with the SET QUEUE command are lost. To permanently

modify print queue attributes, edit the DCPS$STARTUP.COM ﬁle.

The qualiﬁers to the SET QUEUE command are listed in Appendix A. Note

that some print queue attributes cannot be set using the SET QUEUE

command.

The following command limits the print jobs for the PS$DRAFT queue to those

of 1000 blocks or less.

$ SET QUEUE PS$DRAFT/BLOCK_LIMIT=1000

The SET QUEUE command requires privileges; you must supply the queue

name and the appropriate qualiﬁers.

5.10 Preventing Users from Printing to a Queue

Use the SET QUEUE/CLOSE command to close a queue and prevent users

from submitting print jobs to the queue. This command requires privileges and

you must supply the queue name. For example:

$ SET QUEUE/CLOSE PS$A4

After you enter this command, the PS$A4 queue is closed and users cannot

submit print jobs to the queue. The print jobs that are currently in the queue

are completed. You can open the print queue using the following command:

$ SET QUEUE/OPEN PS$A4

5.11 Deleting a Queue

You can delete a print queue using the DELETE/QUEUE command. This

command requires privileges. Follow these steps to delete a DECprint

Supervisor queue:

1. Make sure that there are no generic queues running that are associated

with the queue that you are deleting, by displaying the queue using the

SHOW QUEUE/FULL command. If there are generic queues associated

with the queue, delete the generic queues ﬁrst.

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