Monitoring Spooler Print Processes; Table 14-5. Collector Process States; Table 14-6. Print Process States - HP Guardian User Manual

Performing Routine Spooler Operations Using
Spoolcom

Table 14-5. Collector Process States

State Definition
Dormant The collector cannot accept new jobs for spooling and no jobs are currently being
spooled. You can declare, initialize, or delete a collector, or set and modify its
attributes while dormant. The Spoolcom command COLLECT, DRAIN makes an
active collector dormant once it finishes spooling all currently open jobs.
Active The collector can accept new jobs for spooling. You cannot change its attributes
while it is in the active state. The Spoolcom command COLLECT, START
makes a dormant collector active.
Drain The collector does not accept new jobs for spooling, but currently spooling jobs
continue until completion. When all open jobs are spooled and all currently
printing jobs associated with the collector have finished, the collector enters the
dormant state. You cannot change collector attributes while it is in the drain state.
Error The collector cannot function. The Spoolcom COLLECT, STATUS command
tells you whether the collector is in an error state.

Monitoring Spooler Print Processes

To check the status of your print processes, enter:
> SPOOLCOM PRINT
A listing such as this is sent to your home terminal:
PRINT STATE
$SPLA ACTIVE
$SPLB ACTIVE
$SPLC DORMANT
$SPLD DORMANT
$SPLX DORMANT

Table 14-6. Print Process States

State Definition
Active The print process is running for one of these reasons:
Dormant The print process is not running. The print process enters the dormant state
whenever it has no job to print, controls only shared devices, and is not an
independent print process.
Procerror When the supervisor determines that a print process is not responding correctly,
it places the print process into the procerror state, and you receive an error
message. See the Operator Messages Manual for information on spooler print
process error messages.
FLAGS CPU
3 , 2
2 , 3
2 , 3
3 , 2
1 , 0
The print process is printing a job.
A device controlled by the print process has been declared exclusive and
must therefore be kept open regardless of whether a job is printing.
The print process is independent and always running. For more information
on independent print processes, see the Spooler Programmer's Guide.
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