Printer Flag Fields

Each LPR exit routine is passed the address of the following printer flag fields.

Table 1. Printer Flag Fields and Values
Bit Field Name Values
0 PASS=
0
One pass is performed on the file; RSCS sends the file directly to the line printer daemon.
1
Two passes are performed on the file. On the first pass (CURRENT_PASS=1), RSCS first counts the number of bytes in the file; no data within the file is sent. On the second pass, RSCS then sends the file on to the line printer daemon.
1 CTLIST=
0
Data is sent first.
1
Control file is sent first.
2 CURRENT_PASS=
0
This is the second pass through the file.
1
This is the first pass through the file.