1.$ PRINT/QUEUE=LPB0/COPIES=10/AFTER=20 RESUME Job RESUME (queue LPB0, entry 239) holding until 14-DEC-2001 20:00 The PRINT command in this example queues 10 copies of the file RESUME.LIS to printer LPB0, but requests that the copies not be printed until after 8:00 P.M. 2.$ PRINT THETA.TXT + BETA/FLAG + GAMMA/FLAG + *.LIS/FLAG Job THETA (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 237) pending The PRINT command in this example submits the files THETA.TXT, BETA.TXT, GAMMA.TXT, and the highest versions of all files with the file type .LIS as a single print job. Flag pages separate the individual files. Notice that the file type for BETA and GAMMA is .TXT, the file type of the first file in the list. 3.$ PRINT/LOWERCASE THETA.TXT/COPIES=2, - _$BETA.DOC/COPIES=3 Job THETA (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 240) pending The print job queued by the PRINT command in this example consists of two copies of THETA.TXT followed by three copies of BETA.DOC. This job must be printed on a printer that can print lowercase letters. If no such printer is available, the job waits in the queue. 4.$ PRINT/JOB_COUNT=3 THETA.TXT,BETA/NOIDENTIFY The PRINT command in this example concatenates the files THETA.TXT and BETA.TXT into a single print job and prints three copies of the job. The /NOIDENTIFY qualifier requests that the job entry number and queue name not be displayed. 5.$ COPY REPORT.MEM NODE3:: $ PRINT/REMOTE NODE3::REPORT.MEM In this example, the two commands are entered at a node other than NODE3. The COPY command copies the file REPORT.MEM from the current node to the NODE3 node. The PRINT command queues the file REPORT.MEM located on the NODE3 node for printing at the NODE3 node. The job entry number and queue name are not displayed when the /REMOTE qualifier is used. 6.$ PRINT/HOLD MASTER.DOC Job MASTER (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 540) holding . . . $ SET ENTRY 540/RELEASE The PRINT command in this example queues a copy of the file MASTER.DOC to the default printer in a hold status. Later, the SET ENTRY command releases the hold status on the file and makes it available for printing. 7.$ PRINT TEST.TXT Job TEST.TXT (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 867) started on LPA0 $ SHOW ENTRY '$ENTRY' Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ 867 TEST.TXT Nisslert 135 Printing Submitted 10-DEC-2001 11:07 /FORM=DEFAULT /PRIORITY=100 File: $5$DUA174:[NISSLERT]TEST.TXT;3 The PRINT command in this system example queues a copy of the file TEST.TXT to the default printer. It also creates the local symbol $ENTRY to store the job entry number. The SHOW ENTRY command requests a display of the entry using the symbol $ENTRY to identify it. 8.$ PRINT/RETAIN=UNTIL=1 MYFILE.DAT . . . $ SHOW QUEUE DOC$LN03 Server queue DOC$LN03, stopped, on NEWTON::, mounted form DEFAULT Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status ----- ------- -------- ------ ------ 436 MYFILE MIGDAL 8 Retained until 11-DEC-2001 16:56 %JBC-F-JOBABORT, job aborted during execution Completed 11-DEC-2001 15:56 on queue DOC$LN03 The SHOW QUEUE display in this system example includes the date and time at which a retained job completed and the queue on which it executed. The user set job retention to be one hour after job completion. Depending on the queue's job retention policy, the job might be deleted from the queue at 16:56. 9. PRINT /PARAMETERS=AAA=123 This command passes the parameter AAA=123 to the print symbiont. The interpretation of the parameter is dependent on the symbiont. 10$ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(ddd,"e,(F=(3,4),g),h)",iii) This command passes three parameters to the print symbiont: DDD, "e,(F=(3,4),g),h)", and III. The use of the quotes around the second parameter allows the use of nested parentheses, commas, and the preservation of alphabetic case. This parameter value is perfectly acceptable to the PRINT command, even though it is apt to subsequently be rejected by the print symbiont. 11.PRINT /PARAMETERS=("N,O,P,Q,R,S,T",U,V) This command passes three parameters to the print symbiont: "N,O,P,Q,R,S,T", U, and V. Depending on the parsing capabilities of the symbiont and the length of the parameters (each parameter is limited to 255 characters), this may be a workaround to the limitation of eight parameters.