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HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
SHOW PRINTER
Displays the current settings for a printer.
Format
SHOW PRINTER device-name[:]
Parameter
device-name[:]
Specifies the name of the printer for which settings are to be
displayed.
Description
The SHOW PRINTER command displays the settings that are currently
defined for the specified printer. Settings include the following:
Printer type
Page width
Page length
Line termination type
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Form feed
Case
Character translation
Wrapping
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Printer settings are established by the SET PRINTER command. You must
have OPER (operator) privilege to use the SET PRINTER command.
Qualifiers
/OUTPUT[=filespec]
/NOOUTPUT
Controls where the output of the command is sent. By default, the
output of the SHOW PRINTER command is sent to the current SYS$OUTPUT
device (usually your terminal). To send the output to a file, use the
/OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file specification.
The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters are not
allowed in the file specification. If you enter a partial file
specification (for example, specifying only a directory), SHOW is the
default file name and .LIS is the default file type.
If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.
/IDSTRING
Returns the USB printer ID string as a text string and displays it on
your screen. This information appears at the end of the typical SHOW
PRINTER command display.
/SERIALNUM
Returns the USB printer serial number as a text string and displays to
the screen. The USB printer returns the serial number in Unicode
format, and this is converted to ASCII text before being displayed.
Examples
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$ SHOW PRINTER LPA0:
Printer LPA0:, device type LP11, is online, allocated, spooled
Error count 0 Operations completed 880
Owner process "SYMBIONT_0001" Owner UIC [0,0]
Owner process ID 21C0008D Dev Prot S:RWLP,O:RWLP,G:RWLP,W:RWLP
Reference count 2 Default buffer size 132
Page width 132 Page Length 66
No Carriage_return Formfeed Lowercase
No Passall No Wrap Printall
No Fallback No Tab Truncate
No Sixels No Bitmapped No Polled
Unidirectional
Intermediate device: STAR$DUA1:
Associated queue: LN01$PRINT
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The SHOW PRINTER command in this example displays the settings for the
printer LPA0.
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$ SHOW PRINTER LPA0/IDSTRING
Printer LPA0:, device type PC printer, is online, record-oriented device,
carriage control.
Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 132
Page width 132 Page Length 66
No Carriage_return Formfeed Uppercase
No Passall No Wrap No Printall
No Fallback No Tab Truncate
No Sixels No Bitmapped Polled
Unidirectional
IDString:
MFG: HEWLETT-PACKARD;
MDL: DESKJET 895C;
CMD: MLC,PCL,PML;
CLASS: PRINTER;
DESCRIPTION: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 895C;
SERN: MX88P2V0VWGO;
VSTATUS: $HB0$FC0,ff,DN,IDLE,CUT;
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The SHOW PRINTER/IDSTRING command in this example displays the ID
string for the printer LPA0.
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$ SHOW PRINT LPA0/IDSTRING
Printer LRA0:, device type LP11, is online, record-oriented device,
carriage control.
Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 132
Page width 132 Page Length 66
No Carriage_return Formfeed Uppercase
No Passall No Wrap No Printall
No Fallback No Tab Truncate
No Sixels No Bitmapped No Polled
Unidirectional
%SYSTEM-F-DEVOFFLINE, device is not in configuration or not available
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If the device has been disconnected and marked offline, the SHOW
PRINTER/IDSTRING command displays this information.
If the attempt to read the ID string should fail (for an unknown reason
other than device disconnection), the reference to the ID string
appears as:
%SHOW-W-NOIDSTRING, ID String could not be retrieved
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$ SHOW PRINT LPA0/SERIALNUM
Printer LPA0:, device type PC printer, is online, record-oriented device,
carriage control.
Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 132
Page width 132 Page Length 66
No Carriage_return Formfeed Uppercase
No Passall No Wrap No Printall
No Fallback No Tab Truncate
No Sixels No Bitmapped Polled
Unidirectional
Serial Number: MX88P2V0VWGO
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The SHOW PRINTER/SERIALNUM command in this example displays the serial
number for the printer LPA0.
If the device has been disconnected and marked offline, the SHOW
PRINTER/SERIALNUM command replaces the reference to the serial number
with the following message:
%SYSTEM-F-DEVOFFLINE, device is not in configuration or not available
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If the ID string is not supported by the USB printer in question, the
reference to the ID string will appear as:
%SHOW-W-NOSERIALNUM, Serial number could not be retrieved
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