User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients
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Enhanced Reference
Command and Utility Summary
An administrator controls the status of a printer queue. A printer queue’s
status can be:
The status of a print job can be:
Examples
• To see the printer queues shared on the \\PRODUCT server, type:
net print \\product
• To learn about the DOTM queue on the \\PRODUCT server, type:
Status Description
Active Available to receive print jobs
Held Suspended
Held until Suspended until the time displayed
Pending delete Being shut down
Error Unavailable because of malfunction
Status Description
Printing on devicename Printing on the printer attached to the server’s
devicename
Spooling Transferring into the printer queue
Waiting Waiting for a printer to become available
Held Held by a user with the /hold option
Held on devicename Held because an administrator put the queue on hold
Paused Paused by a user or an administrator
Out of paper on
devicename
Stopped because the printer is out of paper
Error on devicename Stopped because of a malfunction
Offline on devicename Stopped because the printer is offline