The Queue Options dialog box contains file-specific options. By selecting an option, you can control the way a file is printed. "Default" displayed in an option menu indicates that the value used for this option is the default associated with the selected queue. Click on the Options... button to select additional printing options. For more information about queue options, double click on an item from the list of additional topics below.
1 – number_copies_opt
Use the Number of Copies field to enter the number of copies you want printed. You can print from 1 to 255 copies.
2 – page_range_opt
DECwindows to print selected pages of a file without having to print the entire file. If you do not want to print an entire file, use the Page Range fields to enter a range of pages to be printed. The Page Range entry fields are the From field and the To field. The From field should contain the first page number in a range of pages you want to print. The To field should contain the page number of the last page you want to print. The From field must be less than or equal to the To field if the To value is given. By default, the From field indicates the first page of the file and may be left blank. By default, the To field indicates the last page of the file and may be left blank.
3 – print_formats_box
Files contain different character sets and data types.
Each data type has a unique format. The Print Format
list box allows you to describe what kind of data is in
the file. DECwindows then interprets that data, formats
the data, and prints the file.
A highlighted format in the Print Format box is the
default format unless you change it. The following
formats are available in the Print Format box:
Format Name Data Type Data Translation
Text ANSI Level 0 Text-only
Line ANSI Level 1 Overstrike for emphasis
Printer
Terminal - -
ANSI2 ANSI Level 2 ANSI data including
select graphics
rendition (SGR)
converted by the ANSI
translator.
ANSI ANSI Level 3 ANSI data including
the LN03 and LN04
ANSI translator for
PostScript printers.
PostScript(R)PostScript(R) PostScript program
data processed by the
PostScript interpreter
without conversion.
ReGIS ReGIS ReGIS command data
converted by the ReGIS
translator.
Tektronix Tektronix Tektronix graphics
command data converted
by the Tektronix
translator.
DDIF DDIF Revisible-format
images, generic
4 – printers_box
The Printer list box allows you to select the printer or the print queue to which your job will be sent. By default, the printer or print queue that is highlighted will be used.
5 – orient_opt
Some printers allow you to control page orientation.
That is, you can control how text or images are placed
on the paper. To do this, use the Orientation options.
DECwindows includes three page orientation options:
default, landscape, and portrait.
Portrait and landscape orientation are indicated by
symbols similar to the following in the Queue Options
box:
Landscape Orientation: Portrait Orientation:
+-------------+ +-----+
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ | | ~~~ |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ | | ~~~ |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ | | ~~~ |
+-------------+ | ~~~ |
+-----+
Click on the Default button to set the page orientation
to the orientation that is defined in the print queue.
Click on the landscape symbol to set the page
orientation to landscape printing mode. The symbol
is then highlighted.
Click on the portrait symbol to set the page
orientation to portrait printing mode. The symbol is
then highlighted.
6 – print_aft_field
Use the Print After field to set the time and date when
your print job will be printed.
You can use the Print After option to delay printing
large jobs until after work hours. If you do not enter
a time in the Print After field, the job is immediately
submitted to the print queue.
You must specify the date using the format day-month-
year and the time using the format hour:minute. (For
example, 23-SEP-1989 17:30.) The syntax is sometimes
specified as follows:
dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm
where:
dd Specifies an integer in the range 1 to 31.
mmm Specifies the month as: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY,
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, or DEC.
yyyy Specifies the year, which must be an integer in
the range 1858 to 9999.
hh Specifies the hour, which must be an integer in
the range 0 to 23.
mm Specifies the minute, which must be an integer in
the range 0 to 59.
7 – del_file_button
Use the Delete File When Printed button to control whether a file is deleted after the print operation is done. A highlighted button indicates that the file will be deleted after it has been printed. By default, files are not deleted.
8 – ok_button
Click on the OK button to indicate that you have finished modifying the Queue Option fields and you want to begin printing.
9 – canc_button
Click on the Cancel button to indicate that you do not want to print a file.
10 – options_button
Click on the Options... button to set additional print options. The Print Options dialog box is displayed. The Print Options dialog box includes options that allow you to control a print operation.