HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

Chapter 10 315
Managing Supervisors and Physical Printers
Message-Related Tasks for Physical Printer Management
To modify the notify-operator attribute for the physical printer
PhyPrt2, enter:
pdset -c printer -x "notify-operator=message:White \
electronic-mail:[e-mail]" PhyPrt2
About Controlling Job Start and End Messages
How you set the start-message-supported and
end-message-supported physical printer attributes determines
whether users can send messages.
start-message-supported This single-valued attribute specifies
whether the physical printer supports the
job-start-message job attribute. The default value
for this attribute is true.
When the value of this attribute is true, users can
specify message text with the job-start-message
attribute when they submit the job. HPDPS sends the
message to the operator or operators specified by the
notify-operator physical printer attribute. HPDPS
sends the start message when the job starts printing.
The message can alert the operator to something
special about the job, for example, that the job prints
confidential pages. Sending a start message does not
stop the job from printing; normally the job prints
without operator intervention.
Sending a start message is particularly useful for
printer devices that have manual forms feed
capabilities. The user can send a message alerting the
operator to load a special type of paper. After the
operator loads the paper, the job starts printing.
end-message-supported This single-valued attribute specifies
whether the physical printer supports the
job-end-message job attribute. The default value for
this attribute is true.
When the value of this attribute is true, users can
specify message text with the job-end-message
attribute when they submit the job. HPDPS sends the
message to the operator or operators specified by the
notify-operator physical printer attribute. HPDPS