About This Book

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for System Administrators

Spooler Overview

Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming

Troubleshooting the Base Operating System Spooler

Local Printer Checklist

Inoperative Printer Checklist

Remote Printer Checklist

Adapter Considerations

Resource Considerations

Printing Problems When the var File System is Full

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

Related Information

System V Printer Configuration

Appendix A. Calculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix B. Calculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix C. Notices

Index