Displays the current settings for a printer.
Format
SHOW PRINTER device-name[:]
1 – Parameter
device-name[:]
Specifies the name of the printer for which settings are to be
displayed.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /OUTPUT
/OUTPUT[=filespec]
/NOOUTPUT
Controls where the output of the command is sent. By default,
the output of the SHOW PRINTER command is sent to the current
SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your terminal). To send the output
to a file, use the /OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file
specification.
The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters
are not allowed in the file specification. If you enter a partial
file specification (for example, specifying only a directory),
SHOW is the default file name and .LIS is the default file type.
If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.
2.2 /IDSTRING
Returns the USB printer ID string as a text string and displays
it on your screen. This information appears at the end of the
typical SHOW PRINTER command display.
2.3 /SERIALNUM
Returns the USB printer serial number as a text string and
displays to the screen. The USB printer returns the serial number
in Unicode format, and this is converted to ASCII text before
being displayed.
3 – Examples
1.$ 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.
2.$ 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.
3.$ 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
4.$ 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