Print System (PS) Introduction

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

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.