Understanding Printer Status

To display information about a printer, enter:
query rdev
where rdev is the real device number of the printer.

In response, CP displays the printer's status. Figure 1 shows two sample responses, one for a 3800 printer and one for an impact printer.

Sections following Figure 1 describe its contents in detail.

Figure 1. Sample QUERY Response for a Printer
Sample QUERY
rdev Response for an Active 3800 Printer:
PRT   0B32 DRAINING   SYSTEM   CLASS ABCD        SEC JOBARO
PRT   0B32 FORM TTABT6   MANUAL SEP   ANY3800  LIMIT
PRT   0B32 FLASH      IMAGE IMAG3800 CHARS GF10 FCB 8    HOLD   LPP 060
PRT   0B32 DEST BLDG1    DEST - NONE - DEST - NONE - DEST - NONE -
PRT   0B32 AFP     MARK
PRT   0B32 PRINTING MAINT    FILE 1603 RECS 4436  COPY  001 SEQ 001 CL A PRT

Sample QUERY
rdev Response for an Active Impact Printer:
PRT   0003 SETUP REQ  MAINT    CLASS EFGH        SEC JOBARO
PRT   0003 FORM STANDARD SETUP  SEP   NO3800   DEFFCB LIMIT NONE
PRT   0003 FOLD   IMAGE IMAGIMP1 CHARS FCB FCB8           LPP  068
PRT   0003 DEST BLDG1    DEST - NONE - DEST - NONE - DEST - NONE -
PRT   0003 NOAFP
PRT   0003 PRINTING MAINT    FILE 1610 RECS 5328  COPY  003 SEQ 001 CL A PRT