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Qualifiers

Examples

/AFTER

/ALL

/BURST

/CANCEL

/COPIES

/FEED

/FLAG

/FORM

/HOLD

/NAME

/NOTIFY

/NOW

/PARAMETERS

/PRINT

/QUEUE

/SPACE

/TRAILER

MAIL PRINT — VMS 5.0

  Queues a copy of the message you are currently reading (or have just
  read)  for  printing.   The file(s) created by the PRINT command are
  not released to the print queue until you exit  from  MAIL.
  Multiple messages are concatenated into one print job.
  The PRINT command can take optional qualifiers. Also see the DCL command
  PRINT for more information on each qualifier.

   Format:

       PRINT

Additional information available:

QualifiersExamples

Qualifiers


Additional information available:

/AFTER/ALL/BURST/CANCEL/COPIES/FEED/FLAG
/FORM/HOLD/NAME/NOTIFY/NOW/PARAMETERS
/PRINT/QUEUE/SPACE/TRAILER

/AFTER

 /AFTER=time
 Requests that the job not be printed until a specific time of day.
  You can specify either absolute or delta time.

/ALL

 /ALL

 Indicates that all the currently selected messages be printed.

/BURST

 /[NO]BURST=( ALL : ONE )
  Controls whether a burst page is printed preceding a message.
   The qualifier can take either of two keywords: ALL or ONE. The ALL
   keyword indicates that each file in the job be preceded
   by a burst page and flag page. The ONE keyword indicates that a
   burst page is appended only to the first copy of the first file in
   the job.

/CANCEL

 /CANCEL
 Cancels all messages that have been queued for printing during the
  current session.

/COPIES

 /COPIES=n

 Indicates the number of copies to be printed.  The default is 1.

/FEED

 /[NO]FEED
 Controls whether the PRINT command automatically inserts form feeds
  when it nears the end of a page. /FEED is the default.

/FLAG

 /[NO]FLAG=( ALL : ONE )
  Controls whether a flag page is printed preceding a message.
   The qualifier can take either of two keywords: ALL or ONE. The ALL
   keyword indicates that each file in the job be preceded
   by a flag page. The ONE keyword indicates that a burst page
   is appended only to the first copy of the first file in the job.

/FORM

 /FORM=form-name
 Specifies the name or number of the form that you want for the
  print job. Enter the DCL command SHOW QUEUE/FORM to list which forms
  are available on your system.

/HOLD

 /[NO]HOLD
  Controls whether the message is available for print immediately.
   The job is not released for actual printing until you use the DCL
   command SET QUEUE/ENTRY/RELEASE to release it.

/NAME

 /NAME=job-name

 Defines the name string to identify the job.

/NOTIFY

 /[NO]NOTIFY

 Indicates that you be notified by a broadcast message  when  the
  file or files have been printed.  The default is /NONOTIFY.

/NOW

 /NOW
 Sends all messages that have been queued for printing with the
 PRINT command during this session to the printer. Synonymous with
 the /PRINT qualifier.

/PARAMETERS

 /PARAMETERS=(parameter[,...])

 Specifies from one to eight optional parameters to be passed to
  the job.

/PRINT

 /PRINT

 Indicates that all files previously queued to be printed are to
  be released to the print queue.  If you do not specify the /PRINT
  qualifier, files are not released to the print queue until you
  exit from MAIL. The PRINT/PRINT command does not queue the current
  message for printing.

/QUEUE

 /QUEUE=queue-name

 The name of the queue to which a message  is  to  be  sent.   If  the
  /QUEUE  qualifier  is  not  specified,  the message is queued to the
  SYS$PRINT printer.

/SPACE

 /[NO]SPACE
  Controls whether output is to be double-spaced.  The default is
   /NOSPACE (single-spaced).

/TRAILER

 /[NO]TRAILER=( ONE : ALL )
  Controls whether a trailer page is printed at the end of message.
   The qualifier can take either of two keywords: ALL or ONE. The ALL
   keyword indicates that each file in the job is followed
   by a trailer page. The ONE keyword indicates that a
   trailer page is appended to the last copy of the last file in
   the job.


Examples

  1.
       MAIL> 5
       MAIL> PRINT/QUEUE=LMNO_PRINT
       MAIL> EXIT
         Job MAIL (queue LMNO_PRINT, entry 333) started on LMNO_PRINT

       $

  This example shows how to print message number 5 on printer LMNO_PRINT

  2.
       MAIL> 14
       MAIL> PRINT
       MAIL> 23
       MAIL> PRINT
       MAIL> PRINT/PRINT
        Job MAIL (queue QUASAR_PRINT, entry 316 started on QUEUE$LPAO

  This example shows how to release mail messages (14 and 23)  to  the
  print queue by entering the /PRINT qualifier.

  3.
       MAIL> 2
       MAIL> PRINT
       MAIL> 7
       MAIL> PRINT
       MAIL> 9
       MAIL> PRINT/QUEUE=WRITERS_PRINT
         Job MAIL (queue WRITERS_PRINT, entry 332) started on QUEUE$LPA0
       MAIL> 24
       MAIL> PRINT
       MAIL> 31
       MAIL> PRINT/QUEUE=READERS_PRINT
         Job MAIL (queue WRITERS_PRINT, entry 335) started on QUEUE$LPA0
       MAIL>exit
         Job MAIL (queue READERS_PRINT, entry 336) started on QUEUE$LPB0


  This example shows how mail messages are released to the print queue
  when you use the /QUEUE qualifier. The system queue message is only
  output when you have changed the queue name.

  4.
       MAIL> PRINT/AFTER=20
       MAIL> exit
       Job MAIL (queue ABCD_PRINT, entry 116) holding until 22-MAY-1988 20:00

  This example shows how to specify the job not be printed until after
  8:00 PM.

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