System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

Prioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command)

To change the priority of a print job, use the qpri Command or smit Command. You can only assign job priority on local queues. Higher values indicate a higher priority for the print job. The default priority is 15. The maximum priority for most user print jobs is 20. However, print jobs from users with root user authority or members of the printq group (group 0) can recieve a priority of 30.

Note: You cannot assign priority to a remote print job.

Prerequisites

For local print jobs, the printer must be physically attached to your system.
For remote print jobs, your system must be configured to communicate with the remote print server.

Using the qpri Command(qpri Command)

The qpri command reassigns the priority of a print job that you submitted. If you have root user authority or belong to the printq group, you can assign priority to any job while it is in the print queue.

The basic format of the qpri command is:

qpri -# JobNumber -a PriorityLevel

For example, to change job number 123 to priority number 18, type:

qpri -# 123 -a 18

For example, to prioritize a local print job as it is submitted, type:

qprt -PQueueName -R PriorityLevel FileName

See the qpri command in the AIX 5L Version 5.2 Commands Reference for the complete syntax.

Using the smit Command

To change the priority of a print job using SMIT, type:

smit qpri