The PS (Print System) commands control the configuration and use of the Print System (PrintS). Each command deals with a particular aspect of Print System control, as shown in the following table.
Command |
Purpose |
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PS |
Display the versions of all the Print System softwares, followed by a list of the Print System commands. |
PS ACTIVE |
Enable or disable printing of site requests, remote requests, virtual requests, or BNA requests. Also, specify the maximum number of servers allowed for site, remote, or virtual requests, or the maximum number of simultaneous outbound BNA port request file transfers. |
PS ADDFILES |
Add print requests for existing backup files with standard system-generated titles that do not have an active task, job, session, or print request associated with them. |
PS ASSOCIATE |
Associate input devices or usercodes with output devices or device groups, or display all of the existing associations. The association affects the selection of devices for printing output. |
PS BANNER |
Display or set the contents and format of the banner pages that separate the individual files within a print request. |
PS BDIR |
Displays the directory of printer backup files. |
PS CONFIGURE |
Display, assign, modify, or cancel various characteristics of output devices and device groups. |
PS DEFAULT |
Set or display the current default settings for the Print System. |
PS DELETE |
Delete print requests from the print queue, or delete a file within a print request. |
PS DESTINATION |
Provide information about valid non-BNA destinations. |
PS DEVICES |
Provide information about the configuration of a device or device group. |
PS DIAGNOSTICS |
Provide diagnostic options for Unisys personnel. |
PS DUMP |
Display Print System information in a human-readable, CANDE-editable text file. |
PS FONTLIB |
Manage the font library. |
PS FORCE |
Mark one or more print requests as candidates for immediate printing. |
PS GROUP |
Define a group of printers that can be referred to by a single logical name, or display information about the existing device groups. |
PS HEADER |
Display or set the contents and format of the header page which marks the start of each print request. |
PS HOT RESTART |
Terminate and restart the Print System in a single operation. |
PS LOAD |
Execute a text file containing Print System commands. |
PS MODIFY |
Retry a print request, or alter one or more file attribute or print modifier values of a print request and retry it. |
PS NOTOK |
Indicate that the paper alignment on a printer needs to be checked again, so the alignment test pattern should be printed another time. |
PS OK |
Start a printing device or a print request from a stopped state that resulted either from a PS STOP command or from the forms alignment process. |
PS PAPERSIZE |
Enable creation, modification, and deletion of site-defined custom paper sizes. |
PS QUIT |
Close down the Print System, to install a different version of the PrintS software or to fall back to an earlier version of the MCP. |
PS READY |
Ready a printing device from a saved state resulting from a PS SAVE command. |
PS REQUEUE |
Stop a currently printing request, print a trailer page, and return the request to the print request list. |
PS RESTART |
Restart the Print System after it has been closed down by a PS QUIT command. |
PS SAMPLE |
Preview the output of a print request. |
PS SAVE |
Prevent the Print System from considering the specified device as the destination for any further print requests. |
PS SELECTION |
Display or change the print request selection criteria that decide the order in which print requests are printed. |
PS SEPARATOR |
Display or set the content and format of standard and site-defined header, trailer, and banner pages. |
PS SHOWREQUESTS |
Show information about the print requests in the system. |
PS SKIP |
Make the print server skip forward or backward from the current position in the backup file and continue printing from the new position. |
PS STATUS |
Display the status summary of all current print requests. |
PS STOP |
Stop a device or a print request. The device remains stopped until a PS OK command is entered to resume printing. |
PS TRAILER |
Display or set the contents and format of the trailer page that marks the end of each print request. |
Each of these commands is described in the Print System documentation. For more information about using them to meet the needs of your site, refer to the Print System User's Guide.