HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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pdpause(1) pdpause(1)
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A currently printing job is paused:
• The job stops at a "pause" point.
Note: A pause point may be the next page, sheet, document, or job boundary depending on
the type of printer on which the job is being printed
• The job-state changes to paused.
• The printer remains available to accept work.
• Other jobs can be assigned to the printer.
A pending job is paused:
The job is prevented from being scheduled but does not affect any printer.
A held job is paused:
The job is prevented from becoming pending, even if the reasons for the job being held are
removed. For example, the specified
print-after time expires.
Paused jobs remain in the queue until they are resumed or canceled. A paused job can be modified,
but it cannot be resubmitted until a
pdresume command is issued for the job.
[ServerName:]PrinterName
Specify the printers that you want to pause. The action taken differs whether the -j
option is
included in the command.
Without the
-j option:
• Any currently-printing job stops at a "pause" point
• The printer-state is changed to paused
• The job-state is left at processing; the job is still assigned to the printer.
The physical printer still accepts print jobs from its associated queue up to the maximum-
concurrent-jobs
limit, but will not print them.
With the
-j option:
• The job stops at a "pause" point,
Note: A pause point may be the next page, sheet, document, or job boundary depending on the type of
printer on which the job is being printed
• The job-state changes to paused
• The printer remains available to accept work
• Other jobs can be assigned to the printer
The physical printer may still accept print jobs from its associated queue and process them.
Note: Logical printers cannot be paused because they do not hold jobs.
[ServerName:]QueueName
Specify the queue that you want to pause.
Pausing a queue halts the distribution of jobs from the queue to the physical printers associated with
the queue. Pausing a queue does not prevent it from accepting jobs from its associated logical printers.
ServerName
Specify the server on which you want the command to operate. A server does not have a paused
state. Issuing the command against a spooler pauses all queues contained within the spooler. Issuing
the command against a supervisor pauses all of physical printers contained within the supervisor.
EXAMPLES
Pause a Physical Printer
To pause physical printer 3828C and include a printer message as to why the printer is being paused, enter
the following command:
pdpause -m "Toner is low, refilling" 3828C
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