Action Code 9 Start Despooler and START-DESPOOLER

Starts a Despooler.

START-PRINTER is a synonym for START-DESPOOLER.

Prompts

Enter despooler name -

TCL syntax

START-DESPOOLER {despooler-name}

Prompt/Syntax elements

despooler-name (Enter despooler name)
is the name of the despooler you wish to start.

Comments

The Despooler process runs in the background without interfering with the reality foreground process. It interrogates one or more assigned formqueues, specified in the DESPOOLER.CONTROL file definition item, and continues despooling print jobs from the head of the assigned queues, as determined by pre-assigned priorities, until it is stopped or suspended.

Example

First assign Despooler ADMIN to the system printer 'laser' which is being used as a private printer. Enter:

SP-DEVICE ADMIN PTRlaser

Now start printing the print jobs queued in ADMIN formqueue by entering:

START-DESPOOLER PTRlaser