SPOOLER

 

 

 

printing. This is because the spooler stops sending data to the

 

device when the command is receiv ed, but must wait until all

 

bu￿ered data has been prin ted before stopping. Depending on

 

both the content of the data and the amoun t of bu￿ering, this

 

may require a signi￿can t part of a page or ev en several pages.

 

If you suspend the spooler while it is prin ting a ￿le and the

 

spooler does not retain the ￿le, the spooler sa ves the page

 

number of the last complete page that w as printed. Whenever

 

any spooler subsequen tly selects the ￿le for prin ting, output

 

resumes at the page n umber following the saved page number.

KEEP

Directs the device to retain o wnership of the spool ￿le that it

 

is currently processing. This is the default. This parameter is

 

valid only under the follo wing conditions:

 

 

The spooler is actively processing a ￿le or is suspending.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You do not specify the FINISH parameter.

 

 

 

 

NOKEEP

Directs the spooler to close the spool ￿le that it is curren tly

 

processing. This parameter is v alid only under the follo wing

 

conditions:

 

 

The spooler is actively processing a ￿le or is suspending.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You do not specify the FINISH parameter.

 

 

 

 

 

The spooler does the following when y ou include the NOKEEP

 

parameter:

 

 

stops sending data after the curren t record

 

 

 

 

 

 

ejects a page

 

 

 

 

 

 

saves the last completely prin ted page

 

 

 

 

 

 

prints a trailer with ( INCOMPLETE ) on it if trailers are

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

returns the ￿le to the ready state

 

 

 

 

 

Whenever any spooler subsequen tly selects the ￿le for prin ting,

 

output resumes at the page n umber following the saved page

 

number. The ￿le's header and trailer include ( RESUMED ) if

 

printing starts an ywhere other than the ￿rst page.

FINISH

For information about this parameter, refer to FINISH for the

 

STOP option.

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