To load new forms into a printer for printing a single request:
1.Spool the request requiring the special forms with the lp
go lpout
lpout will print the proper program name to use as the argument to the above command in its message on the system console.
2.When printing is complete, lpout prints an identical message on the console indicating that it is suspending for forms changes. Reinstall the original forms into the printer and issue another RTE GO command for the lpout copy.
To load new forms into a printer and print several requests that use those forms:
1.If the first request requiring the special forms has been spooled with the lp
Alternatively, the printer may first be disabled such that no requests are sent to it, using the runstring:
CI> disable
If a request is active on the printer, it is aborted and the request remains in the queues, to be reprinted in its entirety later. You may wish to first verify that the printer is not busy by entering:
CI> lpstat
2.While the printer is inactive and either disabled or occupied by a suspended copy of lpout, change the forms.
3.Using the lpalt program, modify the priority of each request that requires the special forms to be above the highest priority of any request that does not. For simplicity, this example runstring modifies the priority of a request to 7, the highest priority:
CI> lpalt requestid
4.Using the lpfence program, set the •priority fence" of the printer to the priority of the requests that require the special forms:
CI> lpfence printer 7
No lowerpriority requests will then be sent to the printer. If any existing requests are at priority 7, you may wish to lower the priority of those requests in the same manner.
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