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Controlling print devices – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Performing Routine Spooler Operations Using
Spoolcom

Guardian User’s Guide 425266-001

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Controlling Print Devices

3. Stop the collector processes:

> STOP $S
> STOP $S1
> STOP $S2

4. Stop the print processes:

> STOP $FPLP
> STOP $SPL2
> STOP $SPLP
> STOP $SPLX

5. Warmstart your spooler subsystem using your command file named WARMFILE:

> OBEY WARMFILE

6. Check the status of the supervisor:

> SPOOLCOM

It is running if the standard Spoolcom banner appears.

7. Check the status of the collectors:

) COLLECT

If the collectors are in the active state, they are back up and running:

8. Check the status of the print processes:

) PRINT

If the print processes are in the active or dormant state, they are back up and
running. If any processes remain stopped or continue to receive error messages, see

Solving Common Spooler Problems

on page 14-26.

Controlling Print Devices

This subsection explains how to monitor, start, and stop the output devices associated
with your spooler subsystem.

To monitor your print devices, enter:

> SPOOLCOM DEV

To monitor the status of a specific print device, enter:

> SPOOLCOM DEV $device

See

Listing Printers and Checking Their Status

on page 14-6 for more information about

using the Spoolcom DEV command.

To start a print device, enter:

) DEV $device, START

This command causes an offline device to become online.

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