The listptr command displays the printer control block status for all printers.
listptr {options}
list-ptr
| options | printer.number {-printer.number} | Specifies beginning printer number, or beginning through ending printer numbers. |
| b | Lists both allocated and unallocated printers. An unallocated printer is a printer gpiocb (general purpose input/output control block) with no printer assigned to it. (An empty table entry). | |
| n | Activates the nopage function on output to terminal. | |
| p | Directs output to the system printer, via the spooler. |
The listptr report contains this information:
| Type | Printer type. The type will always be serial. | |
| Number | Printer number. | |
| Output Queues | Queues assigned to this printer (3 maximum). | |
| Page Skip | Number of pages to skip between print files. | |
| Dev or Line# | Port number for the serial printer. | |
| Status | Current printer status. | |
| active | Printer is printing, initiating or terminating a report. | |
| inactive | Printer is inactive. | |
| stopped | Printer is set to stop. | |
| unallocated | Printer has never been started, or has been deleted by an sp-kill (d) command, or has been lost due to a control block error. The printer may be started using the startptr command. | |
listptr
Page Dev or
Type Number Output Queues Skip Line # Status
serial 0 0 1 13 inactive
serial 1 3 4 5 1 11 inactive
serial 2 11 12 1 15 inactive
serial 4 6 7 1 14 inactive
serial 7 13 1 99 active
serial 8 1 98 0 74 inactive
serial 9 99 0 19 stopped
listptr 2-5b
Page Dev or
Type Number Output Queues Skip Line # Status
serial 2 11 12 1 15 inactive
serial 3 0 0 0 0 0 unallocated
serial 4 6 7 1 14 inactive
serial 5 0 0 0 0 0 unallocated