Title and Copyright Information
 
About this Guide
Audience
Related Software
Organization
Related Documentation
Conventions
 
1    Introduction
1.1    Benefits of Using Advanced Printing Software
1.2    Advanced Printing Software Terminology
1.3    Access to the User Interfaces
1.4    Command Syntax and Elements
1.5    Specifying Options and Arguments
1.6    Operands and Classes
1.7    Attributes
1.7.1    Default Values for Attributes
1.7.2    Syntax for Attribute Values
1.7.2.1    Single Value Attributes
1.7.2.2    Multi-value Attributes
1.7.2.3    Complex Attributes
1.7.3    Abbreviating Attributes and Values
1.8    Job and Document Identifiers
1.9    Getting Help for Commands
 
2    Determining Printer Resources
2.1    Defining Your Default Logical Printer
2.2    Accessing the Default Logical Printer
2.3    Accessing a Specific Logical Printer
2.4    Determining Properties of Printers
2.4.1    Requesting Specific Attributes with the pdls Command
2.5    Logical Printer Defaults
2.5.1    Using printer-initial-value-job Objects
2.5.2    Using printer-initial-value-document Objects
2.5.3    Checking a Logical Printer for Initial Value Objects
2.5.4    Using an Attributes File
 
3    Printing Your Job
3.1    Submitting a Print Job
3.2    Specifying Attributes for a Job
3.2.1    Specifying the Number of Copies
3.2.2    Specifying Two-sided Printing
3.2.3    Specifying the Document Format
3.2.4    Specifying Media
3.2.5    Specifying Input Trays
3.2.6    Specifying Output Bins
3.2.7    Specifying Finishing Processes
3.2.8    Printing from Standard Input
3.3    Specifying Job Scheduling Attributes
3.3.1    Holding a Print Job
3.3.2    Printing a Job After a Certain Time
3.3.3    Retaining a Job
3.3.4    Automatic Discarding of Jobs
3.4    Specifying Defaults for Jobs and Documents
3.4.1    Using initial-value-job Objects
3.4.2    Using initial-value-document Objects
3.4.3    Using an Attributes File
3.5    Requesting Notification of Job Status
3.5.1    Requesting Notification by E-mail
3.5.2    Requesting Notification by Console Message
3.6    Using Preprocessor Filters
3.6.1    Text-to-PostScript Translation Filter
3.7    Printing to a Specific Physical Printer
 
4    Managing your Print Job
4.1    Checking the Status of Your Job
4.1.1    Job States
4.1.2    Obtaining a Detailed List of Your Job's Attributes
4.1.3    Checking for Job Errors
4.2    Modifying Your Job
4.3    Pausing and Resuming Your Job
4.4    Resubmitting Your Job
4.5    Canceling Your Job
 
A    Attribute Reference
A.1    Common Job and Document Attributes
A.2    Attributes for Simple Text Jobs
A.3    Commonly Used Logical Printer Attributes
 
B    BSD Print System Command Equivalents
 
Examples
1-1    Command Line Syntax
 
Tables
1-1    End User Commands
4-1    Job States
B-1    BSD and Advanced Printing Software Command Equivalents
 
Index