SPOOL Sub-System Page 1 Subject: SPOOL Sub-System. Release: 24.0.0 Date: February 7, 1994 Introduction. + _____________ Further enhancements have been made to the Spooler system, for release at Rev 24. These changes incorporate a) the introduction of new functionality and b) fixes to known problems. 1 New Functionality. + __________________ 1.1 NEW & EXPANDED SPOOL OPTIONS + ____________________________ 1.1.1 -KEEP Job goes into KEPT state after printing. 1.1.2 -HOLD Job stays in Q but doesn't print. If HOLD lifetime on your installation is not configured as infinite, you are advised for how long the job will be HELD. For SPOOL (new job): May not be given with -RUSH. For SPOOL -MODIFY: If encountered on the command line while -RUSH is in effect, cancels -RUSH. [In general, SPOOL -MODIFY processes apparently conflicting options in command line order, such that the last one to be encountered stands]. 1.1.3 -ReMove For SPOOL (new job): Is the default and has no effect, except it precludes the specification of -KEEP or -HOLD. For SPOOL -MODIFY: Removes job's Disposition if it had one. Job becomes an Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 2 immediate candidate for printing except for disposition KEEP with -DEFER, when the Defer time stands. 1.1.4 -DeLete For SPOOL (new job): May be given with -NO_COPY if user himself has D access to file. User's responsibility to ensure Despooler also has D access. File will be deleted once printing is complete (not after PROP -DROP or SPOOL -CANCEL. However it will be deleted if spooled -HOLD, and the optional + ____ installation-defined HELD lifetime expires). Allows the use of -KEEP or -HOLD with -NO_COPY. Has no effect if -NO_COPY not used. For SPOOL -MODIFY: May be given to a -NO_COPY job which hasn't started to print yet if user himself has D access to file. User's responsibility &c., as above. For a job which was not submitted with -NO_COPY, cancels -No_DeLete (q.v.) if this was in force. If the job was KEPT, it gets a fresh KEPT lifetime from the time the SPOOL -MODIFY was issued; similarly if it was HELD. If it was HELD and the installation default is to HOLD jobs forever then that still happens (so -NDL has no effect in this case). 1.1.5 -No_DeLete For SPOOL (new job): Is the default if -NO_COPY is also given. In the absence of -NO_COPY, implies -KEEP unless -HOLD / -KEEP actually given. If -HOLD, the job will be HELD indefinitely; else after printing it will be KEPT indefinitely. For SPOOL -MODIFY: Cancels the -DELETE of a -NO_COPY -DELETE job. If such a job had a Disposition, a -REMOVE (q.v.) is forced. The job becomes a candidate for printing straight away (except -KEEP -DEFER as previously): SPOOL -CANCEL if this doesn't suit. In the absence of -NO_COPY, implies -KEEP for a job without a disposition. Subsequently the job will be HELD / KEPT indefinitely, as above. 1.1.6 -RUSH (existing option) For SPOOL (new job): May not be given with -HOLD. For SPOOL -MODIFY: If encountered on the command line while the job's disposition is HELD or KEPT, the disposition is changed to KEEP (for immediate printing). [In general, SPOOL -MODIFY processes apparently conflicting options in command line order, such that the last one to be encountered stands]. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 3 1.1.7 -DEFER (existing option) The Defer mechanism is used by the Disposition system to keep HELD and KEPT jobs in the queue until lifetime expiry. The net effect of using -DEFER on a HELD or KEPT job is that the job will be dropped from the queue at or some time after the nominated time. For SPOOL (new job): If given with -HOLD, overrides the installation default. This includes the case where the default would have HELD the job forever. The combination of -HOLD, -DEFER and -NO_DELETE is rejected. For SPOOL -MODIFY: If encountered on the command line while the job's disposition is HELD or KEPT, the job's expiry date (i.e. lifetime) is changed appropriately. In addition, if -NO_DELETE was in effect then it is cancelled. [In general, SPOOL -MODIFY processes apparently conflicting options in command line order, such that the last one to be encountered stands]. 1.1.8 -NO_DEFER (existing option) The Defer mechanism is used by the Disposition system to keep HELD and KEPT jobs in the queue until lifetime expiry. The net effect of using -NO_DEFER on a HELD or KEPT job is that the job will be dropped from the queue as soon as a matching despooler can get to it. For SPOOL (new job): Not available. For SPOOL -MODIFY: If encountered on the command line while the job's disposition is HELD or KEPT, the job's expiry date is set to the time now, so it becomes a candidate for immediate removal from the Spool Queue. In addition, if -NO_DELETE was in effect then it is cancelled. This differs from doing a SPOOL -CANCEL, because if the job was -NO_COPY -DELETE then the delete will be + ____ attempted. 1.1.9 -KEPT Instructs SPOOL -LIST to show KEPT jobs only. This is the exact reverse of the default, which is to show all jobs except those that + ______ are KEPT. 1.1.10 -BOTH Instructs SPOOL -LIST to show "both" KEPT and normal jobs; i.e. show all jobs in the queue. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 4 1.1.11 -ON -NOTIFY (Combination previously disallowed) For SPOOL (new job): This is now accepted. The despooler printing the job will attempt to send a message to the originating user on completion. Note + ____ The Despooler may not be able to send the message. Where the Network has Force User Validation (FUV), the message send will fail if the despooler does not have an ARID to the originator's system. Network topography may also preclude success: if a user on system "A" spools to the queue on system "B" whence the job is picked up by a despooler on system "C", the message send will fail if system "C" is not configured to see system "A", even in the absence of FUV. For SPOOL -MODIFY: The combination was previously accepted, and would have + ___ _____ been effective if the original job was not spooled with the -ON option. It will now be effective even when the last-mentioned condition does apply. + ____ 1.1.12 -CANCEL -HOLD Converts a job to the HELD state, even if it is currently printing. With -ALL, HOLD's all the user's jobs that are not HELD or KEPT already. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 5 1.2 NEW PROP OPTIONS + ________________ 1.2.1 -Kept_LIFE [hours] Define default lifetime of jobs in KEPT state. 1.2.2 -Held_LIFE [hours] Define default lifetime of jobs in HELD state. 1.2.3 -RePorT_LIFE Report the current lifetime settings. 1.2.4 -FORWARD [n<1>] Skips the current print job forward the number of pages specified + _______ (opposite of PROP -BACK). There is no limit to how many pages can be skipped, (and no error reported if skip off end of job). 1.2.5 -Cmpr_FREQ [n<5>] Causes Primos (SP$MGR) to set its threshold to the number specified. When a search of the queue for work (for a Despooler) finds this number of dead entries or gaps, the queue is compressed. Prior to Rev 24.0 this was a constant, 5. 5 is still the value at Primos coldstart, and the default if no value is given with the -CFREQ option. -CFREQ needs Rev 24.0 Primos to function. 1.2.6 -RePorT_FREQ Reports the current threshold setting in use by Primos (SP$MGR). When a search of the queue for work (for a Despooler) finds this number of dead entries or gaps, the queue is compressed. Prior to Rev 24.0 this was a constant, 5. This option needs Rev 24.0 Primos to function. 1.2.7 -COMPRESS Causes Primos (SP$MGR) to do an immediate queue compression. These are normally done automatically, when a search of the queue for work (for a Despooler) finds the configured number of dead entries or gaps, the default for this number being 5. This option needs Rev 24.0 Primos to function. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 6 1.2.8 -ON Any user may issue the following PROP commands -ON :- 1.2.8.1 -STATus [-ALL] 1.2.8.2 -DISPlay 1.2.8.3 -VeriFY 1.2.8.4 -RePorT_SIZE 1.2.8.5 -RePorT_LIFE 1.2.8.6 -RePorT_FREQ The only requirement is that in an environment with Force User Validation (FUV), the user must have a Remote Id on (i.e. have done an ARID -ON ). Any valid Remote Id will suffice. Note + ____ If the ACL on SPOOL* has been changed from its default such that the access to $REST is reduced, then it may be that some options will not work with some ARIDs. Members of .SPOOL_ADMINISTRATOR$ may additionally issue the following PROP commands -ON :- 1.2.8.7 -START 1.2.8.8 -STOP 1.2.8.9 -RESET [new env] 1.2.8.10 -HANG 1.2.8.11 -LineUp [n<4>] 1.2.8.12 -CONTinue 1.2.8.13 -ABORT 1.2.8.14 -DROP 1.2.8.15 -REStart 1.2.8.16 -BACK [n<1>] 1.2.8.17 -FORWARD [n<1>] 1.2.8.18 -SUSpend Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 7 1.2.8.19 -RELease 1.2.8.20 -MAX_size 1.2.8.21 -MIN_size 1.2.8.22 -Kept_LIFE [hours] 1.2.8.23 -Held_LIFE [hours] 1.2.8.24 -WAKEup [-POLL ] 1.2.8.25 -COMPRESS. Except for -CONTINUE, all the commands in this group that take an expect an acknowledgement from the nominated despooler. When -ON is used, the local PROP waits for this acknowledgement, since it will not be sent to the user's terminal process but rather to his NPX slave on the the remote node. This wait can be terminated by Control-P (^P), even if breaks are inhibited. Alternatively, the wait can be suppressed altogether by specifying -NO_WAIT (-NW). The acknowledgement wil not be seen, of course. With the exception of -COMPRESS, the commands in this second group are executed by having PROP invoked on the remote system. At the terminal, the user will see the banner from the local PROP, followed by the banner and output from the remote PROP. Then the local PROP will wait if an acknowledgement is expected from the despooler, as detailed above. Notes + _____ In an environment with Force User Validation (FUV), the user must have a sufficiently privileged ARID to the remote system. Users who are not members of .SPOOL_ADMINISTRATOR$ may still + ___ ___ be able to issue "PROP -ON " when they have RX access to (or their ARID has this access in an FUV environment). This is dependent on 2 factors:- 1) They must have ALURW access to the remote SPOOL*. 2) The local installation manager must have granted them X access to SPOOL*>NPX.RUN. 1.2.9 -WAKEup [-POLL ] This option causes a despooler to poll the specified node straight away. If no is specified, the queue on the local system is checked for work (polled). This applies even if -ON (q.v.) is used, to wake a despooler Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 8 running on some other node: the node where the request originated is the one that is polled, in the absence of -poll. The command can take one of the the -NOW, -FINISH and -IDLE options. Unlike other commands that can take these options, the default for -WAKEUP is -NOW. The effect of these is limited to governing at what point the "time to try this node" variable inside the despooler is reset to 0. The acknowledgement is delayed until this is done. The zeroising of the "time to try this node" variable does not guarantee that it will be tried as soon as the current print job is finished, since other candidate nodes may be considered first. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 9 1.3 NEW KEYWORDS FOR CREATE_CONFIG_LIST + ___________________________________ 1.3.1 EXPIRY_TIME width 5 Show the time of day when a HELD or KEPT job will be dropped from the queue. If the job is -NO_COPY -DELETE, the original file will then be deleted. If the job is never to be dropped, the time is shown as "**:**". + _____ This is the default for HELD jobs in the absence of action by the installation manager. The -NO_DELETE option to SPOOL also has this effect. Note + ____ If the installation default HELD lifetime is finite or the KEPT lifetime is more than the initial system default of 1 day, you will probably want to use EXPIRY_DATE_VAR in conjunction with EXPIRY_TIME, or in preference to it. 1.3.2 EXPIRY_DATE_VAR width 2 to 32 Show the date on which a HELD or KEPT job will be dropped from the queue. If the job is -NO_COPY -DELETE, the original file will then be deleted. If the job is never to be dropped, the date is shown as + _____ "Never expires". This is the default for HELD jobs in the absence of action by the installation manager. The -NO_DELETE option to SPOOL also has this effect. Note + ____ Unlike the case with most variable length items, a '$' is not + ___ inserted should the length allowed for EXPIRY_DATE_VAR be insufficient. The full date looks like "21 September 93", so that 15 characters will always suffice (at least in the English language, where September is the longest month). A 6-character field will always be unambiguous, for example: "23 Jun" (compare with "$23 Ju"). 1.3.3 DISPOSITION width 5 same as STATE except that only dispositions (and DEL for -NO_COPY -DELETE) are shown. The STATE field shows "S.Dfr" or "Print" in preference to these. 1.3.4 REAL_USER_NAME_32 width 32 REAL_USER_NAME_16 width 16 REAL_USER_NAME_VAR width 2 to 32 Same as USER_NAME except the ALIAS is never shown. What appears is always the login name of the process that submitted the request; however this may simply be a remote user's ARID if a file was spooled -ON (i.e. -ON this node, from another). + ____ Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 10 1.4 NEW & EXPANDED ENVIRONMENT DIRECTIVES + _____________________________________ 1.4.1 TCP/IP ... -LHC [n] The new -LHC option to the TCP/IP directive specifies the Primary LHC, i.e. the LHC which the Despooler will try to use first. 1.4.2 PDN The format of the PDN directive is unchanged; however the address + _______ argument may now be either a numeric address (as prevoiusly) or a configured Primenet Node Name. If a despooler or PROP -VFY encounters a non-numeric address, it verifies that it is a known Primenet Node Name by calling X$STAT with key XI$PTX. Providing this returns no error, the despooler makes XLCONN calls using the supplied address but with XK$NAM instead of XK$ADR. A PROP -VFY -ON may fail, if the target address was visible from but not from the system on which the PROP was issued. (PROP -VFY does no validation of numeric addresses because all it could do would be to actually place a call. Verifying that a name is configured can be done within Primos). 1.4.3 REMIDS REMIDS (full form: REMOTE_IDS) is a new environment directive which avoids the Primos limitation that a process may have up to only 16 remote id's (colloquially known as ARID's). Format: REMIDS defines the location within the file system of a file to contain Remote ID's to be used when polling or fetching work from other network nodes. Use of this file avoids the normal Primos limit of 16 remote ID's per process. It also allows the remote ID's to be more tightly ACL'd, if this is a concern. For the REMIDS file to be useful, SPOOL*>DESPOOL.CPL must not itself add 16 remote ID's; any that it does add will stay with the despooler for its lifetime (whereas ID's from the file are added and removed as required). REMIDS nominates an ASCII file. There is one line in the file for each system. Items in each line must be in the order given below, and may be seperated by one or more spaces, and / or one comma (same rules as for Primos command lines). Unnecessary trailing fields may be ommitted (e.g. Project Id), and null fields followed Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 11 by non-null ones may be specified by a pair of commas. Comment lines may start '* ' or '/*'. '/*' comments are allowed at the end of data lines. Blank lines are ignored. Lines should not exceed 160 characters, else truncation will occur. The order of items in a line is: NODE NAME, USER NAME, PASSWORD, PROJECT ID. A PROP -VFY -ON may fail, if the argument is not an absolute pathname, because PROP will then first search for the file on the local system rather than the -ON one. PROP -VFY will also fail if the relevant disk is not visible on the local system. 1.4.4 HEADER ... -SET_PORTRAIT|-SET_LANDSCAPE Sets the orientation of header and trailer pages. In the absence of action to the contrary, the rest of the document will print in the same orientation. Typically though, the environment will contain a SET_ -DEFAULT, to fix the orientation of spool requests which don't themselves set it. Example + _______ For landscape headers and portrait text, include the following three directives:- HEADER 1 -SET_LANDSCAPE SET_LANDSCAPE SET_PORTRAIT -DEFAULT 1.4.5 POLL_RATE ... -QSCAN [n] The new -QSCAN option to the PLRAT directive changes the order in which requests from multiple queues are serviced. Normally, when a despooler finishes printing a request from a remote queue, it checks the same queue for more spool requests that it can process. With -QUEUE_SCAN, it will check the next queue after it has taken requests from the current one (so the queues are "scanned"). The default is to take 1 request. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 12 1.5 SPOOL -LIST + ___________ 1.5.1 State field shows disposition, and/or that job is -NO_COPY -DELETE. 1.5.2 -DET display shows disposition on a seperate line, therefore does not include it in the Options display. For HELD / KEPT dispositions, the expiry date-time is shown. 1.5.3 -DELETE (with -NO_COPY) and -NO_DELETE options appear on the option line. 1.5.4 Defer time field stays blank for HELD or KEPT jobs. 1.6 CHANGES TO ATTRIBUTE FILES + __________________________ 1.6.1 .DEFAULT_DEFAULT. One group of attributes in SPOOL*>ATTRIBUTES>DEFAULT ATTRIBUTES (also project and user files) may start with the new ^.DEFAULT_DEFAULT. control record. The function of .DEFAULT_DEFAULT. is to give a single default attribute to a job spooled with no attributes at all, but not to force an extra default on any other job (which might be spooled with an attribute from a different group in the attributes file). In other words, .DEFAULT_DEFAULT. acts the same as .NO_DEFAULT. *unless* no attributes at all are given in the SPOOL command. In this case, the first entry in the group headed by .DEFAULT_DEFAULT. is used. Clearly, it makes little sense to have more than one .DEFAULT_DEFAULT. in an attribute file. However if this does + ____ happen, the last directive will be used. 1.7 CHANGES TO DISTRIBUTION UFD + ___________________________ 1.7.1 Print Handler Source PRINTRONIX.PLP and NEC.PLP are now distributed in SPOOL*>SOURCE as samples of how to write a print handler. The increase in size of SOURCE is partly offset by ensuring all files in it are SAM (previously they were mostly DAM). Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 13 2 Problems fixed - User Visible + _____________________________ All fixes were carried forward from the last Spooler RRS (23.4.0.R15). A number of other problems were fixed, as detailed below. SPAR numbers are not given: some fixes address many SPAR's while others had no SPAR to start with. Most of the relevent SPAR's have been closed, however. - Customised SPOOL -LIST display of OPTIONS had extra space at front. Users may need to realign their headers - but an extra character is now displayable. - Defer time in customised SPOOL -LIST display was showing submittal time if there was no defer time. - Customised SPOOL -LIST display now shows the same under User, Filename, and State as the built-in BRIEF display. I.e. username may be ALIAS, file name may be the -AS name. If you did SPOOL -OPEN without -AS, field is blank. - For a SPOOL -OPEN request, the customised SPOOL -LIST display of the pathname now shows the attach point at SPOOL -OPEN time. Additionally the pathname ends with '>', since it is the pathname of a UFD. - There was an unintended bias in the node scan to those at start of ENV file - fixed. - In the TCP/IP despooler: if connect time out on 1 LHC, will try the next until all tried. (Only on initial connect - once a path is established, it is used for the lifetime of the despooler). - PROP -BACK now works on jobs submitted -NOF &c, which don't have any form feeds, also get count pages printed, % printed, can use -TO / -FROM &c. - If a FTN mode job is suspended, will stay as a FTN mode job when released. - If a job spooled -NIF is suspended, don't lose first form feed after release. - PROP -BACKUP commands are reported correctly in the LOG file. - -CLOSE_SOCKET no longer causes the despooler to fail. - -FACING_BANNER copes with ^014 (parity-low FF). ^014 is still treated as a normal character if FACING_BANNER is not in the ENV (e.g. PostScript). Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 14 - An unwanted blank page is no longer output after a -TO job. - -TO or -FROM with -NIF gives the wanted pages. - -FROM with -NIF doesn't sometimes give unwanted page 1. - SPOOL command will not lose ^P (quit). - SPOOL CMDNC0>CONFIG -SWO will not give "File not found". - Restore Rev19 functionality: SPOOL -ON will produce a banner with *your* name (unless you used -ALIAS), not your ARID. - Increased the line length in input file to Create_Config_List again, to 512 this time. + _____ - After a PROP -BACKUP of > 20 pages during a multiple copy print, the next copy will start at page 1 (or the user-specified -FROM page), not the page backed up to. + ___ - It will be much faster to do a SPOOL -LIST -AT (and / or -USER ), when this command only selects a few entries from a large queue. This is achieved by passing the SPOOL -LIST selection criteria to Primos, which returns blocks of 10 or so entries for evaluation by the SPOOL -LIST code. The enhancement ensures that entries, which do not meet the selection criteria, are not returned. It will also be possible to have many KEPT entries in the queue, without any major impact on the performance of SPOOL -LIST. (The default is for SPOOL -LIST not to show KEPT jobs). As an example, 1/25th the CPU usage has been recorded by a SPOOL -LIST -AT which returned 1 entry from a queue with 1030 entries. (80 seconds -> 3.2 seconds on a 2655 system). - TCP/IP Despooler will no longer loop on a PROP -STOP or PROP -RESET when the LTS is refusing connection requests (due perhaps to paper out). For PostScript, prevent the handler waiting 30 minutes for an ETX when this happens. - -TO and -FROM can now be used with PostScript. 3 Problems Fixed - Not User Visible. + __________________________________ None. 4 Outstanding Problems. + _____________________ None. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 15 5 Permanent Restrictions. + _______________________ None. 6 Environment. + ____________ The Rev 24.0.0 Spooler sub-system will execute successfully ONLY on environments running Primos Rev 24.0 or higher. It can run, with reduced functionality, on systems at Primos between Rev 23.2 and 23.4. 7 Installation and Build Procedures. + __________________________________ For users that have custom printer handlers, accounting packages (SP$ACT), or job headers (SP$HDG), a recompile of these programs MUST be performed to avoid OUT_OF_BOUNDS$ conditions. A. Ensure that any Pre-Rev 21 spool queues on all local disks are empty. Rev 21 format queues should also be emptied. B. Once the queues are empty, shutdown any active despoolers. C. Unless OAS is being used, delete all local SPOOLQ directories. If OAS is being used then delete all files in the SPOOLQ except L.TYPE. This is required by OAS. D. For Pre-Rev21 spool sites, delete PROP.SAVE and SPOOL.SAVE from CMDNC0. E. For Pre-Rev21 spool sites, delete S$2167 and S$4000 from the SYSTEM directory. F. If your PRIMOS.COMI file executes SHARE commands directly, to initialize the (Pre-Rev 21) Spooler then remove these references. If your PRIMOS.COMI file does not already contain the command, CO SYSTEM>SPOOL.SHARE.COMI 7 then insert it at the appropriate spot. If unsure of placement of share procedures see the System Administrators Guide. G. The top level directories SPOOL_QUEUE*, SPOOL_DATA* and SPOOL* should exist. If they do not, create them. (If multiple spool data partitions are to be used, set up the SPOOL_QUEUE*>DATA_PARTITIONS file as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system). Then run the supplied utility Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 16 SYSTEM>SPOOL.INSTALL_ACL. This will set ACL's for SPOOL_QUEUE* and SPOOL_DATA* as follows: .SPOOL$$:ALL $REST:NONE. and for SPOOL* the ACL's should be: .SPOOL_ADMINISTRATOR$:ALL SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR:ALL SYSTEM:ALL $REST:LUR H. Use EDIT_PROFILE to add/modify users who are to have spooler administration rights. These users must have the ACL group ".SPOOL_ADMINISTRATOR$". The user SYSTEM must be in the .SPOOL_ADMINISTRATOR$ ACL group. I. Set up the despooler environment files as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system. You can use the CONVERT_ENV utility program in SPOOL* to help with this task. J. Set up the optional SPOOL_QUEUE*>FULL_LIST_USERS control file, if required, as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system. K. Set up the optional attributes files, if required, as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system. L. If you wish the SPOOL -LIST -ALL command to report queues on other systems in a network, set up the SPOOL*>QUEUES file as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system. M. If your system involves a network spanning multiple naming spheres, edit SPOOL*>DESPOOL.CPL to include appropriate ARID commands at the indicated point. N. Edit the (system default entrypoint search-list) file SEARCH_RULES*>ENTRY$.SR to include SP$LIB.RUN. O. If you wish to use the print-out distribution addressing feature of the Rev 21.0 Spooler, generate a file of user addresses, as described in the Operator's Guide to the Spooler Sub-system. P. Issue the command CO SYSTEM>SPOOL.SHARE.COMI from the system console, to set up segment access for the Spooler. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994 1 SPOOL Sub-System Page 17 Q. Issue the command PROP -COLDSTART, either from the system console, or as a spooler administrator. This initializes various Spooler data-bases. R. Issue the usual PROP environment_name -START command to start all configured printers. These commands may be inserted in the SPOOL.SHARE.COMI file, which will be executed each time the machine is re-booted/coldstarted, thus automating the startup procedure. S. When setting up an environment file for a QMS printer set the pad character of the format instruction to zero (ie. -PAD_CHAR 0 ). This will enable the QMS printer to fill and adjust correctly when printing. T. If you use a QUME printer of type OAS then edit the appropriate environment file(s) to contain the line MAP OAS QUME_MAP -DEFAULT. Rev 24.0.0 February 7, 1994