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