The LISTPTR command lists information about system printers, such as printer type, form queues assigned to each printer, number of pages to skip between print jobs, the lines to which printers are assigned, and the current status of printers.
Format
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LISTPTR [n [–m]] [options] |
Parameter(s)
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n |
Number of the printer. |
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n-m |
Specifies a range of printer numbers. |
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options |
Parentheses are not required. |
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B |
Lists information about all printer control blocks, whether allocated or not. |
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N |
Suppresses automatic paging. |
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P |
Sends the output to the printer. |
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Description
The LISTPTR command produces a report that looks like this:
The LISTPTR Report
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>LISTPTR |
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PRINTER ASSIGNMENTS |
14:36:25 |
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PRINTER TYPE |
NUMBER |
OUTPUT QUEUES |
PAGE SKIP |
DEV OR PROCESS # |
STATUS |
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SERIAL |
3 |
3 7 8 |
1 |
8 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
4 |
4 7 8 |
1 |
70 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
5 |
5 |
1 |
63 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
6 |
6 |
1 |
53 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
7 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
ACTIVE |
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The report generated by this command lists the following information:
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PRINTER TYPE |
All mvBase printers list as serial. |
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NUMBER |
Number of the printer. This number is used by the STARTPTR, STOPPTR, and SP-KILL commands. |
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OUTPUT QUEUES |
Form queues that are currently attached to this printer. |
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PAGE SKIP |
Number of pages to be skipped between each print job. |
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DEV OR PROCESS # |
Either the number of the line (process) to which the printer is attached, or the printer device number. |
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STATUS |
Can be ACTIVE, INACTIVE, STOPPED, or UNALLOCATED. |
The LISTPTR report example above lists the status of all currently allocated printers. This report indicates that printers numbered 3 through 7 are attached to processes 8, 70, 63, 53, and 13. Printers 3 and 4 have three forms queues assigned to them. All of the serial printers are currently active.
The next example shows how to list the status of one specified printer:
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>LISTPTR 1 |
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PRINTER ASSIGNMENTS |
14:37:35 |
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PRINTER TYPE |
NUMBER |
OUTPUT QUEUES |
PAGE SKIP |
DEV OR PROCESS # |
STATUS |
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SERIAL |
3 |
3 7 8 |
1 |
8 |
ACTIVE |
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The next example shows a report, obtained using theB option, that includes all unallocated printer control blocks:
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PRINTER ASSIGNMENTS |
14:37:29 |
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PRINTER TYPE |
NUMBER |
OUTPUT QUEUES |
PAGE SKIP |
DEV OR PROCESS # |
STATUS |
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SERIAL |
1 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
3 |
3 7 8 |
1 |
8 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
4 |
4 7 8 |
1 |
70 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
5 |
5 |
1 |
63 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
6 |
6 |
1 |
53 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
7 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
ACTIVE |
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SERIAL |
8 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
9 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
10 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
11 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
12 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
13 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
14 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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SERIAL |
15 |
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UNALLOCATED |
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