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=== Print (or Spool) Files ===

==== View by User ====

To see a particular user’s print jobs that have not yet been printed, key in the command WRKSPLF <user ID> and press enter. To see your own, just key in WRKSPLF.

Work with All Spooled Files

Type options, press Enter.
1=Send 2=Change 3=Hold 4=Delete 5=Display 6=Release 7=Messages
8=Attributes 9=Work with printing status

Device or Total Cur
Opt File User Queue User Data Sts Pages Page Copy
_ FLR202P EODJOB QPRINT FLR202 HLD 2 1
_ FMR065P EODJOB QPRINT FMR065 HLD 1 1
_ FMR050P EODJOB QPRINT FMR050 HLD 1 1
_ GCFP852 EODJOB QPRINT GCFR852 HLD 2 1
_ FKR050P EODJOB QPRINT FKR050 HLD 2 1
_ WMR251P EODJOB PRT01 WMR251 HLD 1 1
_ WMR251P EODJOB PRT01 WMR251 HLD 1 1
_ GCFP852 EODJOB QPRINT GCFR852 HLD 2 1
_ FLR202P EODJOB QPRINT FLR202 HLD 2 1
More...
Parameters for options 1, 2, 3 or command
===> ____________________________________

F3=Exit F10=View 4 F11=View 2 F12=Cancel F22=Printers F24=More keys

Press F11 to see the date and time the spool file was created. Use option 5 to look at the file. If you want to print the file but ‘Device or Queue’ is QPRINT or PRT01, use option 2 to change to an output queue that is attached to a physical printer. (The next section of this manual explains what output queues are.)

Change Spooled File Attributes (CHGSPLFA)

Type choices, press Enter.

Spooled file . . . . . . . . . . > QPTAPDSP Name, *SELECT
Job name . . . . . . . . . . . . > DSPTAPE Name, *
User . . . . . . . . . . . . . > EODJOB Name
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . > 298072 000000-999999
Spooled file number . . . . . . > 1 1-999999, *ONLY, *LAST, *ANY
Job system name . . . . . . . . > BART Name, *ONLY, *CURRENT, *ANY
Spooled file created:
Creation date . . . . . . . . > 12182014 Date, *ONLY, *LAST
Creation time . . . . . . . . > 045916 Time, *ONLY, *LAST
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . *OUTQ Name, *SAME, *OUTQ
Print sequence . . . . . . . . . *SAME *SAME, *NEXT
Form type . . . . . . . . . . . *STD Form type, *SAME, *STD
Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1-255, *SAME
Restart printing . . . . . . . . *STRPAGE Number, *SAME, *STRPAGE...

More...
F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F10=Additional parameters F12=Cancel
F13=How to use this display F24=More keys

Not on the first screen, where is says ‘*OUTQ’, but on the second page. So press page down.

Change Spooled File Attributes (CHGSPLFA)

Type choices, press Enter.

Additional Parameters

Output queue . . . . . . . . . . > ELAHO Name, *SAME, *DEV
Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

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F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Refresh F10=Additional parameters F12=Cancel
F13=How to use this display F24=More keys

Key in the name of the printer you want (for physical printers, the output queue has the same name as the printer). Clear the library name, and press enter. *LIBL will be inserted, so the library list will be used to find the queue. Press enter again.

Then check the ‘Sts’ column. If it says HLD (held), the entry will have to be released with option 6.
View All Print Files

To see all print jobs that have not yet printed, key in the command WRKOUTQ.

This will show all the output (or printer) queues, how many print jobs there are for each, and the status.

Work with All Output Queues

Type options, press Enter.
2=Change 3=Hold 4=Delete 5=Work with 6=Release 8=Description
9=Work with Writers 14=Clear

Opt Queue Library Files Writer Status
_ OMMQ OMMPRD 0 RLS
_ AIPQUEUE QGPL 0 RLS
_ ASWPICKLST QGPL 1378 RLS
_ ASWPUTAWAY QGPL 0 RLS
_ ASWSOREDI QGPL 916 RLS
_ ASWTSTWHSQ QGPL 0 RLS
_ ASW4DEV QGPL 0 RLS
_ CONVERSION QGPL 0 RLS
_ ELAHO QGPL 5 ELAHO RLS
_ GARBAGE QGPL 0 RLS
_ JIMH QGPL 0 RLS
_ LEX420 QGPL 0 LEX420 RLS

Use option 5 to see what print jobs are in a particular queue.

Work with Output Queue

Queue: ELAHO Library: QGPL Status: RLS/WTR

Type options, press Enter.
1=Send 2=Change 3=Hold 4=Delete 5=Display 6=Release 7=Messages
8=Attributes 9=Work with printing status

Opt File User User Data Sts Pages Copies Form Type Pty
_ RWRP191 FINADMIN RWRR191 HLD 69 1 *STD 5
_ Z3DP101 PAULAE Z3DR101 HLD 1 1 *STD 5
_ Z3DP101 PAULAE Z3DR101 HLD 1 1 *STD 5
_ Z3DP101 PAULAE Z3DR101 HLD 1 1 *STD 5
_ DIR271P JOHNT DIR271 HLD 426 1 *STD 5
What It Means
Output Queues

‘Work With All Output Queues’ shows all the output queues. This can be many things –

Staging area for reports to be printed. This can be determined by the fact there is a ‘writer’ attached to the queue.

__ DCOFFICE QGPL 0 DCOFFICE RLS
__ ELAHO QGPL 4 ELAHO RLS

Holding area for reports that are to be deleted. Some reports are generated, but are never printed. They are cancelled during the end of day process. You can tell which these are because there is no writer attached, and if you use option 5 to see the files, then press F11, all the create dates will be today.

__ ASWPICKLST QGPL 585 RLS
__ ASWPUTAWAY QGPL 0 RLS
__ ASWSOREDI QGPL 558 RLS

Holding area for reports that aren’t to be printed, but are archived. Some reports are not printed, but are saved in case they are needed in the future. You can tell which these are because there is no writer attached, and if you use option 5 to see the files, then press F11, there will be some old create dates. For example, queues starting with ‘FIN’, in the library ‘FINANCE’, or ‘EDI’ in the library ‘QUSRSYS’.

__ FININVREG FINANCE 2313 RLS
__ FININVVAL FINANCE 562 RLS
__ FIN201506 FINANCE 11 RLS
__ FIN201507 FINANCE 11 RLS

Conduit to send reports to Jet Forms. These are not attached to printers, but instead to the server that runs Jet Forms. You can tell this by using option 2, then F10, and seeing –

Remote system . . . . . . . . . *INTNETADR Character value, *SAME...
Remote printer queue . . . . . . 'JFSRVR' Character value, *SAME...

__ JFHOLD QUSRSYS 3 HLD
__ JFPIPE QUSRSYS 538 JFPIPE RLS
__ JFSTMTS QUSRSYS 0 JFSTMTS RLS
__ JFTEST QUSRSYS 0 JFTEST HLD

Printer definition for Jet Forms. These are printers that are not used directly by the i, but have to be defined so that their names can be used to tell Jet Forms where to print invoices. For more information, see the section on ‘Jet Forms’.

__ L90INV08B QUSRSYS 0 L90INV08B RLS
__ NARINV09A QUSRSYS 0 NARINV09A RLS
__ OTCINV02A QUSRSYS 0 OTCINV02A RLS
Status (Sts)

RDY (Ready) - The file is available to be written to an output device by a writer.
OPN (Open) - The file has not been completely processed and is not ready to be selected by a writer.
DFR (Deferred) - The file has been deferred from printing.
SND (Sending) - The file is being or has been sent to a remote system. If this status lasts more than a few seconds it indicates a problem (unless it is an unusually large print job).
CLO (Closed) - The file has been completely processed by a program.
HLD (Held) - The file has been held.
SAV (Saved) - The file has been written and then saved. This file will remain saved until it is released or deleted.
WTR (Writer) - This file is currently being produced by the writer on an output device.
PND (Pending) - The file is pending to be printed.
PRT (Printing) - The file has been completely sent to the printer but print complete status has not been sent back.
MSGW (Message Waiting) - This file has a message which needs a reply or an action to
be taken.
==== Problems ====

If there is a problem with a printer, find it on the list displayed by WRKOUTQ. If the number of files is zero, there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If the status is HLD (held), it must be released (option 6). If there is not a writer shown, restart it with option 2, enter, enter.

Use option 5 on the output queue to see the spooled files waiting, and look at the status of the top one. If it is status HLD (held), or SAV (saved), there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If it is SND (sending) or WTR (writer), and stays like that, the data is not getting to the printer. If it is MSGW (message waiting) there is a message waiting to be answered, for QSYSOPR. If it is RDY (ready) Use option 9 (work with printing status) and press enter. This may tell you something useful. Try option 2 (change status).

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	Use option 5 on the output queue to see the spooled files waiting, and look at the status of the top one. If it is status HLD (held), or SAV (saved), there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If it is SND (sending) or WTR (writer), and stays like that, the data is not getting to the printer. If it is MSGW (message waiting) there is a message waiting to be answered, for QSYSOPR. If it is RDY (ready) Use option 9 (work with printing status) and press enter. This may tell you something useful. Try option 2 (change status).		Use option 5 on the output queue to see the spooled files waiting, and look at the status of the top one. If it is status HLD (held), or SAV (saved), there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If it is SND (sending) or WTR (writer), and stays like that, the data is not getting to the printer. If it is MSGW (message waiting) there is a message waiting to be answered, for QSYSOPR. If it is RDY (ready) Use option 9 (work with printing status) and press enter. This may tell you something useful. Try option 2 (change status).
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−	==== Problems ====
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−	If there is a problem with a printer, find it on the list displayed by WRKOUTQ. If the number of files is zero, there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If the status is HLD (held), it must be released (option 6). If there is not a writer shown, restart it with option 2, enter, enter.
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−	Use option 5 on the output queue to see the spooled files waiting, and look at the status of the top one. If it is status HLD (held), or SAV (saved), there is nothing waiting to print, so the problem is elsewhere. If it is SND (sending) or WTR (writer), and stays like that, the data is not getting to the printer. If it is MSGW (message waiting) there is a message waiting to be answered, for QSYSOPR. If it is RDY (ready) Use option 9 (work with printing status) and press enter. This may tell you something useful. Try option 2 (change status).

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  F3=Exit   F10=View 4   F11=View 2   F12=Cancel   F22=Printers   F24=More keys
-Press F11 to see the date and time the spool file was created.  Use option 5 to look at the file.  If you want to print the file but ‘Device or Queue’ is QPRINT or PRT01, use option 2 to change to an output queue that is attached to a physical printer. (The next section of this manual explains what output queues are.)
+Press F11 to see the date and time the spool file was created.  Use option 5 to look at the file.
                     Change Spooled File Attributes (CHGSPLFA)
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  Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1             1-255, *SAME
  Restart printing . . . . . . . .   *STRPAGE      Number, *SAME, *STRPAGE...
                                                                         More...
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  Type choices, press Enter.
+                             Additional Parameters
  Output queue . . . . . . . . . . > ELAHO         Name, *SAME, *DEV
    Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *LIBL       Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
                                                                          Bottom
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 Then check the ‘Sts’ column.  If it says HLD (held), the entry will have to be released with option 6.
-View All Print Files
+====View All Print Files====
 To see all print jobs that have not yet printed, key in the command  WRKOUTQ.
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   _   Z3DP101     PAULAE      Z3DR101     HLD       1       1   *STD         5
   _   DIR271P     JOHNT       DIR271      HLD     426       1   *STD         5
-Output Queues
+====Output Queues====
 ‘Work With All Output Queues’ shows all the output queues.  This can be many things –
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    __   L90INV08B      QUSRSYS               0      L90INV08B       RLS
    __   NARINV09A      QUSRSYS               0      NARINV09A       RLS
    __   OTCINV02A      QUSRSYS               0      OTCINV02A       RLS
 Status (Sts)
-RDY (Ready) -	The file is available to be written to an output device by a writer.
+RDY (Ready) - The file is available to be written to an output device by a writer.
-OPN (Open) -	The file has not been completely processed and is not ready to be selected by a writer.
-DFR (Deferred) -	The file has been deferred from printing.
+OPN (Open) - The file has not been completely processed and is not ready to be selected by a writer.
 CLO (Closed) - 	The file has been completely processed by a program.
-HLD (Held) -		The file has been held.
+HLD (Held) - The file has been held.
-WTR (Writer) -	This file is currently being produced by the writer on an output device.
-PND (Pending) -	The file is pending to be printed.
+SAV (Saved) - The file has been written and then saved.  This file will remain saved until it is released or deleted.
-PRT (Printing) -	The file has been completely sent to the printer but print complete status has not been sent back.
+WTR (Writer) - This file is currently being produced by the writer on an output device.
-			be taken.
 ==== Problems ====