Using Application Software - QMS VMS Software Manual

Using Application Software

Most application or layered software products allow you to specify the
queue in which to place jobs for printing. To set up your application for
printing to the QMS printer, specify the generic queue that corre-
sponds to your application's output language. For example, if your
application outputs LN03 Plus commands, specify the generic queue
(defined when you installed the host software) associated with the
LN03 Plus language. You may also direct output to the execution
queue, allowing the printer's ESP feature to select the language. For
more information about printing, refer to your application's documen-
tation.
If you do not use an application to print, use the PRINT command and
the queue name from the VMS command line:
$ PRINT/QUEUE= queue_name filename
You provide the queue_name that you want to use. The queue you
specify may already have some qualifiers defined for it. These qualifi-
ers access certain printer features. If you want to add qualifiers or
change parameters from the command line, you can add your
changes to the PRINT command with the /PARAMETERS qualifier.
The general format for adding qualifiers to the PRINT command is
$ PRINT/QUEUE= queue_name -
_$ /PARAM=( param,param... ) filename.ext
Each parameter must be separated from the others by a comma only.
Do not use spaces. The entire list of parameters you use must be
enclosed in parentheses unless only one parameter is specified. See
chapter 4, "Queues, /PARAMETERS, and Logicals," for an explana-
tion of the individual parameters. Set-up modules may also be used to
specify print qualifiers for a specific queue as explained next.