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Parameters

Qualifiers

/AFTER

/BACKUP

/BEFORE

/BURST

/BY_OWNER

/CONFIRM

/CHARACTERISTICS

/COPIES

/CREATED

/DELETE

/DEVICE

/EXCLUDE

/EXPIRED

/FEED

/FLAG

/FORM

/HEADER

/HOLD

/IDENTIFY

/JOB_COUNT

/LOWERCASE

/MODIFIED

/NAME

/NOTE

/NOTIFY

/OPERATOR

/PAGES

/PARAMETERS

/PASSALL

/PRIORITY

/QUEUE

/REMOTE

/RESTART

/SETUP

/SPACE

/TRAILER

/USER

HELP PRINT — MicroVMS 4.6

Queues one or more files for printing.

Format
 PRINT file-spec,...

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

Parameters

file-spec
 Specification(s) of file(s) to be printed. Wildcard characters are
 allowed. The plus sign can be used in place of the comma between file
 specifications. The file type of the first file specified defaults to
 LIS. The file must not reside on an allocated device. Node names are
 allowed only when the /REMOTE qualifier is used.

Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/AFTER/BACKUP/BEFORE/BURST/BY_OWNER/CONFIRM
/CHARACTERISTICS/COPIES/CREATED/DELETE/DEVICE/EXCLUDE
/EXPIRED/FEED/FLAG/FORM/HEADER/HOLD/IDENTIFY
/JOB_COUNT/LOWERCASE/MODIFIED/NAME/NOTE
/NOTIFY/OPERATOR/PAGES/PARAMETERS/PASSALL
/PRIORITY/QUEUE/REMOTE/RESTART/SETUP/SPACE/TRAILER
/USER

/AFTER=time

 /NOAFTER
 Holds the job until the specified time. The time can be specified as
 an absolute time or a combination of absolute and delta times. If the
 specified time has passed, the job is queued for printing immediately.

/BACKUP

 /NOBACKUP
 Selects files according to the dates of their most recent backup.
 Relevant only when used with the /BEFORE or /SINCE qualifier.

/BEFORE[=time]

 /NOBEFORE
 Selects for printing only those files that are dated before the
 specified time.  You can specify time as an absolute time, as a
 combination of absolute and delta times, or as one of the
 following keywords:  TODAY (default), TOMORROW, or YESTERDAY.
 Specified with /BACKUP, /CREATED (default), /EXPIRED, or
 /MODIFIED.

/BURST[=keyword]

 /NOBURST
 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Prints a burst page (a flag page printed
 over the perforation between pages for easy identification of
 individual files) according to one of the following keywords. The
 default is the queue specification established in the INITIALIZE/QUEUE
 command.

 +---------+------------------------------------------------+
 | ALL     | Prints a burst page before each file in the    |
 |         | job                                            |
 +---------+------------------------------------------------+
 | ONE     | Prints a burst page before the first file in   |
 |         | the job                                        |
 +---------+------------------------------------------------+

 As a parameter qualifier -- Prints a burst page (a flag page printed
 over the perforation between pages for easy identification of
 individual files) at the beginning of the job. The default is
 /NOBURST.

/BY_OWNER[=uic]

 /NOBY_OWNER
 Selects one or more files only if their owner user identification
 code (UIC) matches the specified owner UIC.  If the BY_OWNER

/CONFIRM

 /NOCONFIRM (default)
 Issues a request for confirmation before each printing.  The
 following responses are valid:

 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | YES      | Print the file                                |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | NO       | Do not print the file                         |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | TRUE     | Print the file                                |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | FALSE    | Do not print the file                         |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 1        | Print the file                                |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 0        | Do not print the file                         |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <RETURN> | Print the file                                |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | ALL      | Continue execution of the command with no     |
 |          | further confirmation prompts                  |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <CTRL/Z> | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | QUIT     | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+

/CHARACTERISTICS=(characteristic,...)

 Specifies one or more characteristics for printing the job. Use the
 SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command to display the available
 characteristics (defined with the DEFINE/CHARACTERISTIC command) .

/COPIES=n

 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Prints each file n number of times. The
 value of n can be from 1 to 255 and defaults to 1.

 As a parameter qualifier -- Prints the file n number of times. The
 value of n can be from 1 to 255 and defaults to 1.

/CREATED (default)

 /NOCREATED
 Selects files based on their dates of creation. Relevant only
 when used with the /BEFORE or /SINCE qualifier.

/DELETE

 /NODELETE (default)
 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Deletes all files after printing them.

 As a parameter qualifier -- Deletes the file after printing it.

/DEVICE=queue-name[:]

 Places the print job in the specified queue (rather than the default
 queue SYS$PRINT). Synonymous with /QUEUE.

/EXCLUDE=(file-spec,...)

 /NOEXCLUDE
 Excludes any files that match the listed file specification(s)
 from the PRINT operation.  Wildcard characters are supported for
 file specifications.  However, you cannot use relative version numbers
 to exclude a specific version.

/EXPIRED

 NOEXPIRED
 Selects files according to the dates on which they will expire.
 Relevant only when used with the /BEFORE or /SINCE qualifier.

/FEED (default)

 /NOFEED
 Positional qualifier.
 Automatically inserts form feeds when pages are within 4 lines of the
 end of the page (line 62 on 66-line forms). You can reset the number
 of lines per form with the /FORM qualifier. This qualifier does not
 affect user-formatted files.

/FLAG[=keyword]

 /NOFLAG
 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Prints a flag page (containing the job entry
 number, the name of the user submitting the job, and other information
 about the file being printed) according to one of the following
 keywords.

 +---------+------------------------------------------------+
 | ALL     | Prints a flag page before each file in the     |
 |         | job                                            |
 +---------+------------------------------------------------+
 | ONE     | Prints a flag page before the first file in    |
 |         | the job                                        |
 +---------+------------------------------------------------+

 As a parameter qualifier -- Prints a flag page (containing the job
 entry number, the name of the user submitting the job, and other
 information about the file being printed) at the beginning of the
 file.

/FORM=type

 Specifies a form type for print queues (defined with the DEFINE/FORM
 command). Type SHOW QUEUE/FORM to display the available print forms.
 The default is /FORM=0.

/HEADER

 /NOHEADER (default)
 Qualifies file-spec.
 Prints the name of the file at the top of each page rather than just
 at the top of the first page of the file.

/HOLD

 /NOHOLD (default)
 Holds the job (until released by a SET QUEUE/ENTRY command).

/IDENTIFY (default)

 /NOIDENTIFY
 Displays the queue name and job number of the job when it is queued.

/JOB_COUNT=n

 Prints the job n times. The value of n can be from 1 through 255 and
 defaults to 1.

/LOWERCASE

 /NOLOWERCASE (default)
 Prints the job only on a printer that supports lowercase characters.

/MODIFIED

 /NOMODIFIED
 Selects files according to the dates on which they were last
 modified.  Relevant only with the /BEFORE or /SINCE qualifier.

/NAME=jobname

 Names the job. The name consists of 1 through 39 alphanumeric
 characters. The default is the name of the first file in the job.

/NOTE=string

 Specifies a message string of up to 255 characters to appear on the
 flag page of the job.

/NOTIFY

 /NONOTIFY (default)
 Broadcasts a message to your terminal when the job is printed.

/OPERATOR=string

 Specifies a message of up to 255 characters to be sent to the operator
 when the job begins to print.

/PAGES=([lower,]upper)

 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- specifies the number of pages to print for
 each file. The lower parameter specifies the first page to print; the
 default is the first page of the file. The upper parameter specifies
 the last page to print; the default is the last page, but you must
 include 2 sets of quotation marks ("") if you don't specify the upper
 parameter.

 As a parameter qualifier -- specifies the number of pages to print for
 the specified file. The lower parameter specifies the first page to
 print; the default is the first page of the file. The upper parameter
 specifies the last page to print; the default is the last page, but
 you must include 2 sets of quotation marks ("") if you don't specify
 the upper parameter.

/PARAMETERS=(parameter,...)

 Specifies from one to eight optional parameters to be passed to the
 job; each parameter can contain up to 255 characters. Enclose
 parameters containing any special characters or delimiters with
 quotation marks.

/PASSALL

 /NOPASSALL (default)
 Positional qualifier.
 Specifies whether the symbiont bypasses all formatting and sends the
 output QIO to the driver with format suppressed.  All qualifiers
 affecting formatting, as well as the /HEADER, /PAGES and /PAGE_SETUP
 qualifiers, will be ignored.

 If the /PASSALL qualifier is placed between the PRINT command and any
 file specifications, all files will be printed in PASSALL mode.  To
 specify /PASSALL with only some files in the job, place the qualifier
 after each file that you want printed in PASSALL mode.

/PRIORITY=n

 Requires OPER or ALTPRI privilege to raise the priority above the SYSGEN
 parameter MAXQUEPRI.
 Specifies the job's priority. The value of n can be from 0 through
 255, where 0 is the lowest priority and 255 the highest. The default
 value of n is the value of the SYSGEN parameter DEFQUEPRI.

/QUEUE=queue-name

 Queues the job to the specified print queue. The default is
 SYS$PRINT.  Synonymous with /DEVICE.

/REMOTE

 Requires the DECnet Option.
 Queues the job to SYS$PRINT on the remote node specified in the file
 specification (the file must exist on the remote node). You cannot
 specify any other qualifiers with /REMOTE.

/RESTART (default)

 /NORESTART
 Restarts the job after a crash or a STOP/REQUEUE command.

/SETUP=module,...

 Extracts the specified module(s) from the device control library
 (containing escape sequence modules for programmable printers) and
 copies the module(s) to the printer before a file is printed.

/SPACE

 /NOSPACE (default)
 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Double spaces the print job (the default is
 single spacing).
 As a parameter qualifier -- Double spaces the file (the default is
 single spacing).

/TRAILER[=keyword]

 /NOTRAILER
 Positional qualifier.
 As a command qualifier -- Prints a trailer page (containing the job
 entry number, the name of the user submitting the job, and other
 information about the file) according to one of the following
 keywords:

 +-----+------------------------------------------------------+
 | ALL | Prints a trailer page after each file in the job     |
 +-----+------------------------------------------------------+
 | ONE | Prints a trailer page after the last file in the job |
 +-----+------------------------------------------------------+
 As a parameter qualifier -- Prints a trailer page (containing the job
 entry number, the name of the user submitting the job, and other
 information about the file) at the end of the file.

/USER=user-name

 Specifies a user name other than your own as the submitter of the
 print job.

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