/DEVICE[=option]
/NODEVICE
Specifies that you are initializing an output queue of a
particular type. If you are reinitializing an existing queue,
you can use the /DEVICE qualifier only if the queue was created
as an output queue. Possible options are as follows:
PRINTER Indicates a printer queue.
SERVER Indicates a server queue. A server queue is
controlled by the user-modified or user-written
symbiont specified with the /PROCESSOR qualifier.
TERMINAL Indicates a terminal queue.
If you specify the /DEVICE qualifier without a queue type, the
/DEVICE=PRINTER qualifier is used by default.
An output queue is classified as either an execution or generic
queue. By default, the /DEVICE qualifier initializes an execution
queue of the designated type. To specify a generic printer,
server, or terminal queue, use the /GENERIC qualifier with the
/DEVICE qualifier.
You specify the queue type with the /DEVICE qualifier for
informational purposes. When an output execution queue is
started, the symbiont associated with the queue determines
the actual queue type. The standard symbiont examines device
characteristics to establish whether the queue should be marked
as printer or terminal. By convention, user-modified and user-
written symbionts mark the queue as a server queue. The device
type of a generic queue need not match the device type of its
execution queues.
The /DEVICE and /BATCH qualifiers are mutually exclusive; the
/NODEVICE and /NOBATCH qualifiers cannot be used together.