Information Systems:Print (or Spool) Files
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
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Parameters for options 1, 2, 3 or command
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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.
Send to Printer
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. (See the next section for an explanation of 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...
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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
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).
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).