User`s guide

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Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users
Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)
After you have sent a print job to a print queue, you can put the print job on hold with the
Web-based System Manager fast path or with the qhld or smit commands. You can later
release the print job for printing with these same commands.
Note: You cannot hold and release remote print jobs.
Prerequisite
The printer must be physically attached to your system.
Web-based System Manager Fast Path
To hold or release a print job using the Web-based System Manager fast path, type:
wsm printers
In the Print Queues container, select the print job, then use the menus to put it on hold or to
release a held job for printing.
qhld Command
The qhld command puts a print job on hold after you have sent it. You can either put a
particular print job on hold, or you can hold all the print jobs on a specified print queue. To
determine the print job number, type the qchk command.
The basic format of the qhld command is:
qhld [ –r ] {[ –#JobNumber ] [ –PQueue ] [ –uUser ]}
See the qhld command in the AIX Commands Reference for the exact syntax.
For example, to hold job number 452 on whichever print queue the job is on, type:
qhld –#452
For example, to hold all jobs queued on print queue hp2, type:
qhld –Php2
To release job number 452 on whichever print queue the job is on, type:
qhld –#452 –r
To release all jobs queued on print queue hp2, type:
qhld –Php2 –r
smit Command
To hold or release a print job using SMIT, type:
smit qhld