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 |