Status Conditions and Values
This topic lists the status conditions which may be displayed by SP-STATUS or SP-JOBS for a particular print job, formqueue or Despooler. Status values are those which appear in the Status attribute in PRINT.JOB.CONTROL, FORM.QUEUES and DESPOOLER.CONTROL definition items (see Spooler File Formats). They are then converted by English to display the associated status condition.
Status Conditions
| Condition | Description |
|---|---|
Active
|
A print job is currently writing to the output device. |
Active Des
|
A form queue has been assigned one or more active Despoolers. |
Align
|
The A option has been assigned to the current print job with an SP-ASSIGN command. This suspends the form queue or Despooler, giving you time to align or change paper in the printer. To reactivate the form queue or Despooler, use SP-JOBS action code 13, ALIGN PRINTER or the SP-ALIGN command. |
Aligning
|
The system is in the process of aligning the printer. |
Assigned
|
A Despooler has been assigned to the form queue. |
Controller N/Rdy
|
The device controller is not ready. |
Closed
|
The print job is closed but the system cannot queue the print job. |
Ed (process)
|
The print job is being edited by process process. |
Failed
|
|
Finish
|
The print job has been output, but was assigned the H option with an SP-ASSIGN statement. |
Hold
|
The print job was assigned the HS options with an SP-ASSIGN statement and has not yet been printed. |
Idle
|
The Despooler has no work. |
Killed
|
The print job currently writing has been stopped and deleted from
the form queue with |
Killing
|
The system is in the process of killing a job. |
Logging off
|
The Despooler process is attempting to log off. |
Next reel
|
The drive needs another recording medium. |
No Act Des
|
A form queue has an associated Despooler, but the Despooler has not been started. |
No Despool
|
No Despooler has been assigned to a form queue. |
No Process
|
A process has not been assigned to a Despooler. |
No Status
|
|
No W/ring
|
The tape recording medium is not set for writing. |
Node N/C
|
The connection from the P-LAN to the node is not complete. |
Node N/Rdy
|
The node is not ready. |
Offline
|
The output device is offline. |
Open
|
The print job is being created by a process. |
Parity
|
The tape recording medium has a parity error. |
Print
|
The print job is currently printing. |
PTR N/C
|
The printer is not connected. |
Queued
|
The print job is queued for output but either is not the current print job or is waiting for the output device. |
Startup
|
A Despooler is initializing a process but is not yet able to print jobs. |
Stop
|
The print job has been stopped with SP-STATUS action code 10, STOP DESPOOLER, or the STOP-DESPOOLER command. |
Stopped
|
SP-JOBS action code 6, STOP PRINTING or the SP-STOP command has been issued. |
Suspend
|
The current print job has been suspended with SP-JOBS action code 9, SUSPEND PRINT or the SP-SUSPEND command. |
Suspended
|
The current print job has been suspended with SP-JOBS action code 9 SUSPEND PRINT or the SP-SUSPEND command. |
Suspending
|
The Despooler has received a command to suspend output but is handling output that cannot be suspended (for example, a prologue). The Despooler will suspend operation as soon as it can. |
Tape N/Rdy
|
The tape recording medium is not ready. |
Unknown
|
|
Wait
|
The current print job has stopped printing for reasons other than the output device being offline. |
Wait/align
|
A job is ready to be aligned and is waiting for the operator to perform the aligning operation and respond with SP-JOBS action code 13 ALIGN PRINTER or the SP-ALIGN command. |
Status Values in Numeric Order
| Value | Condition | Value | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open
|
23 | Offline
|
| 2 | Hold
|
24 | Suspended
|
| 3 | Finish
|
25 | Stopped
|
| 4 | Closed
|
26 | Aligning
|
| 5 | Queued
|
27 | Wait/align
|
| 6 | Stop
|
28 | Suspending
|
| 7 | Print
|
29 | Killing
|
| 8 | Align
|
30 | Idle
|
| 9 | Suspended
|
31 | Reserved |
| 10 | Wait
|
32 | Failed
|
| 11 | Killed
|
33 | No process
|
| 12 | Offline
|
34 | No status
|
| 13 | Assigned
|
35 | No Despooler
|
| 14 | Active
|
36 | No Act Desp
|
| 15 | Startup
|
37 | Active Despooler(s)
|
| 16 | Node N/C
|
38 | Unknown
|
| 17 | Node N/Rdy
|
39 | Parity
|
| 18 | PTR N/C
|
40 | Tape N/Rdy
|
| 19 | Ctlr N/Rdy
|
41 | No w/ring
|
| 20 | Logging off
|
42 | Next reel
|
| 21 | Reserved | 43 - 49 | Reserved |
| 22 | Reserved |