Bill Haskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23 Mar 2006 19:46:16 -0800 > If I generate a report to _HOLD_ by using "SETPTR 0,,,,,3" can I > then send the report to another printer, say unit 2, by using > "SETPTR 2" just before I "SPOOL _HOLD_ P_....."?
The first parameter of the SETPTR command allows a unit to be specified so that you can direct data to multiple print jobs. It does not tie a job to a specific printer. The DEST parameter does that. The SPOOL command sends the job to your current printer, so you would need to use the DEST parameter on a SETPTR command first to select your printer. I use the first parameter to control print jobs in my check printing routine. I issue a SETPTR 1,... for the checks and a SETPTR 2,... for the copies. The code creates the print jobs in parallel using PRINT ON 1 or PRINT ON 2 to direct the output to the appropriate job. Naturally, I use FOR PTR = 1 TO 2 ; PRINT ON PTR ; NEXT PTR syntax to do most of the work. >From TCL, if you type SETPTR with no parameters, you will see the current settings. Here's my current output (AIX): Unit 0 Width 133 Length 65 Top margin 0 Bot margin 0 Mode 1 Options are: Noeject Nfmt Nhead Nomessage Destination 1ACCT Copies 1. Spooler & options: lp -c -n1 -d1ACCT The original command was SETPTR 0,133,65,0,0,1,NFMT,NOEJECT,NOMESSAGE,DEST 1ACCT,COPIES 1,NHEAD For a Hold & Suppress (Mode 3) or Hold & Print (Mode 6), I typically replace NHEAD with a BANNER or BANNER UNIQUE tag to control the job name in the _HOLD_ file. --Tom Pellitieri Century Equipment Toledo, Ohio ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
