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Suspending Spooling
Use the command SPOOLER with the parameter SUSPEND or the command
SUSPENDSPOOL.
SUSPENDSPOOL and SPOOLER...;SUSPEND without the ;FINISH option causes the
spooler process to retain ownership of the spool file it is currently
processing. Furthermore, the spooler does not cap the current file with
a page eject and trailer, but pauses the output. The printer resumes
printing exactly where it left off when the SPOOLER...;RESUME command
with no offset is issued.
Both SPOOLER...;SUSPEND ;KEEP and SPOOLER...;SUSPEND with no offset pause
the output. Again, the spooler resumes spooling exactly where it left
off.
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The behavior of SUSPENDSPOOL differs from its functionality in release
2.05 and in earlier releases. This difference is a result of mapping the
command onto the native mode spooler command set.
The difference permits RESUMESPOOL...;BACK nnn and RESUMESPOOL...;FORWARD
nnn to function as they did in the 2.05 and earlier releases.
A consequence is that SUSPENDSPOOL does not relinquish ownership of a
spool file that is printing.
To force the spooler process to relinquish ownership, you may choose
either of two methods:
SUSPENDSPOOL 6
SPOOLER 6;RELEASE
or
SPOOLER 6;SUSPEND;NOW;NOKEEP
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Suspending a class
To suspend spooling where class LP consists of logical devices 6, 9, and
11, and where their spooler processes retain ownership of any spool files
that they are currently processing, enter:
SPOOLER LP ;SUSPEND
Suspending with an offset
You can specify an offset when you suspend spooling. Suppose that the
spooler for logical device 6 is printing page 20. You want to suspend
spooling so that when you direct the spooler to resume, it begins
printing page 17. Enter:
SPOOLER 6 ;SUSPEND; KEEP; OFFSET = -3
The KEEP parameter directs logical device 6 to retain ownership of the
spool file that it is currently processing. The KEEP option need not be
entered. It is the default.
You can use the RELEASE parameter of the SPOOLER command to release a
retained spool file.