SHOW PRINTER

SHOW PRINTER is a DCL command that displays the current settings for a printer.

Syntax

SHOW PRINTER  device-name[:]

Qualifiers

• /OUTPUT 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

$ 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

The SHOW PRINTER command in this example displays the settings for the printer LPA0.

$ 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;

The SHOW PRINTER/IDSTRING command in this example displays the ID string for the printer LPA0.

$ 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

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

$ 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

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

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