User`s guide

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Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users
Chapter 1. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview
for Users
Depending on the printer, you can control the appearance and characteristics of the final
output. The printers need not be located in the same area as the system unit and the
system console. A printer can be attached directly to a local system, or a print job can be
sent over a network to a remote system.
To handle print jobs with maximum efficiency, the system places each job into a queue to
await printer availability. The system can save output from one or more files in the queue.
As the printer produces the output from one file, the system processes the next job in the
queue. This process continues until each job in the queue has been printed.
This section discusses:
• Printer Terminology, on page 1-2
• Starting a Print Job (qprt Command), on page 1-4
• Canceling a Print Job (qcan Command), on page 1-8.
• Prioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command), on page 1-9
• Moving a Print Job to Another Print Queue (qmov command), on page 1-10
• Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld command), on page 1-11
• Checking Print Job Status (qchk Command), on page 1-12
• Formatting Files for Printing (pr Command), on page 1-14
• Printing ASCII Files on a PostScript Printer, on page 1-16
• Command Summary for Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues, on page 1-18