Maintaining device management data
After you have set up the device management, you can print LN ’s processed data. LN ’s device management gives you the tools to maintain the device management data.
This section describes the most important steps. For detailed instructions on how to specify data in the sessions that are described in the procedure steps, see the online session Help.
To maintain the device queue
If the status of the print job is Waiting, and the device is physical printer, you can maintain the print job data. You can, for example, change the date and time of the actual print, the print job’s status, the number of copies, and so on.
After the print job is complete, the print request status changes to Done. After the delete delay time expires, the printer daemon automatically removes the temporary file in the ${BSE_TMP} directory. Although the status of the request changes to Removed, the request is not deleted from the printer queue table. A print request with the status Removed cannot be displayed or reprinted.
If the status of a request is set to Preserved, the output file is not removed if the delete delay time has passed.
Session:
To cancel print jobs
You can only cancel a print job if the status of the print job is Waiting, Active, or Being Converted. You can cancel the print jobs by user or by device. The print request receives the status Canceled.
See and sessions.
To change the device status
You can change the status of a device. For example, when a printer changes location, you can change the status of the printer to Down. Even though the printer is down, users can still send print jobs to this printer. The print jobs are queued and are printed when the status returns to Up.
See the session.
To purge the device queue data
In the previously described sections, you could change the status of a print request without removing the request from the printer queue. Therefore, the contents of the printer queue table increases in stead of decreases. You must purge the printer queue regularly. Requests with the status Waiting, Active, or Being Converted cannot be deleted. Instead, you must first cancel the requests and then remove them.
See the session.
To change a printer’s paper type
You can change the status of a device. For example, when you change the paper in a printer. Check if you must change the printer’s paper type.
See the session.