First Edition (October 1997)

Trademarks and Acknowledgements

About This Book

Chapter 1. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users

Chapter 2. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for System Administrators

Chapter 3. Spooler Overview

Chapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming

Chapter 5. Troubleshooting the AIX Spooler

Local Printer Checklist

Inoperative Printer Checklist

Remote Printer Checklist

Adapter Considerations

Terminal-Attached Printer Checklist

Considerations for 8-Bit Printer Attached to 7-Bit Interface

qdaemon Checklist

Queuing System Problems

Testing the qdaemon

Testing a Spooler Queue

Copying Spooled Jobs

Cleaning Up and Starting Over