# Printing Reference

## Windows

1. - MainWindowDE

   - PJMainWindowDE

   - PrinterDE

   - PrintJobDE

## Menus

1. - PrinterMenuDE

   - SelectedPrinterMenuDE

   - SelectedPrintJobMenuDE

   - ViewMenuDE

   - HelpMenuDE

## Dialog Boxes

1. - SetOptionsDE

   - FindDialogDE (Print Manager only)

   - ShowPrintersDE (Print Manager only)

   - PrinterPropsDE

   - PrintJobPropsDE

   - FindSetDE

   - ConfirmCancelJobDE

   - dtlpPrintDialog

## Print Manager Window

There are three areas on the main window:

Menu bar

- This is the top area where the Print Manager menus are located. Note that the Selected menu is only active when one icon is selected.

Work area

- This area, also known as the "view" is where printers and print jobs are shown.

Message line

- The message line is below the work area. It provides three types of information:

  1. How many printers you can send print jobs to

  2. How many printers are hidden from your view

  3. Whether only your print jobs are displayed in the view

  4. The message may also display when the printer information is being updated.

## Printer Jobs Window

There are three areas on the main window:

Menu bar

- This is the top area where the Printer Jobs pulldown menus are located. Note that the selected menu is only active when one icon is selected.

Work area

- This area, also known as the "view", is where printers and print jobs are shown.

Message line

- The information line is below the work area. It gives you two types of information:

  1. The printer status

  2. The message line may also display when the printer information is being updated.

## Printer Object

This icon represents a printer that your system knows about.

The problem flag is displayed when the printer has a problem, such as a paper jam. The flag is also displayed when your system can not communicate with a remote printer. Double-click on this icon for more information.

The plus (+) button is used to open a closed printer icon. Click to show this printer's jobs. Only available in Print Manager.

The minus (-) button is used to close an opened printer icon. Click to hide this printer's jobs. Only available in Print Manager.

## See Also

1. - OpenPrinterTA (Print Manager only)

   - ClosePrinterTA (Print Manager only)

   - HidePrinterTA (Print Manager only)

   - PrinterPropsDE (Print Manager only)

   - ShowPropsPrinterLabelTA

   - CopyPrinterTA

   - ShowPropsPrinterTA

   - ShowPropsPrinterQDTA

   - ShowPropsPrinterDesTA

   - ChangePrinterIconTA

   - FindProblemTA

## Print Job Object

This icon represents a print job, a file that was sent to a printer. Print Jobs cannot be opened or dragged.

## See Also

1. - StartJobTA

   - CancelJobTA

   - FindJobTA (Print Manager Only)

   - ShowPropsJobTA

   - ShowPropsJobNoTA

   - ShowPropsJobTimeTA

## Printers Menu

Find

- Displays a dialog box that you can use to find print jobs. This is only available in Print Manager.

Exit

- Saves the option settings, stops and closes the application.

## Selected Menu &newline; (Available When a Printer Is Selected)

The contents of the Selected menu change depending on whether a printer or a print job is selected.

Open

- Opens a printer. This shows the printer's print jobs. This is only available in Print Manager.

Close

- Closes a printer. This hides the printer's print jobs. This is only available in Print Manager.

Hide

- Hides the printer from the view. Choose Set Options from the View menu to show hidden printers. This is only available in Print Manager.

Properties

- Shows the printer's properties.

Help

- Displays help for printer objects.

## See Also

1. - OpenPrinterTA

   - ClosePrinterTA

   - HidePrinterTA

   - ShowPropsPrinterTA

## Selected Menu &newline; (Available When a Print Job Is Selected)

The contents of the Selected menu change depending on whether a printer or a print job is selected.

Cancel

- Cancels a print job

Properties

- Shows the print job's properties

Help

- Displays help for print job objects

## See Also

1. - CancelJobTA

   - ShowPropsJobTA

## View Menu

Set Options

- Displays a dialog box that you can use to change your view. Some of the things you can change are icon sizes, which print jobs are shown, and others. See SetOptionsDE for more information.

Modify the Show List

- Displays a dialog box that you can use to show or hide printers. See ShowPrintersDE for more information. This is only available in Print Manager.

## See Also

1. - SetOptionsTA

   - ShowPrintersTA

## Help Menu

Overview

- Displays the overview help topic for printing.

Tasks

- Displays step-by-step "how to" instructions for most print operations.

Reference

- Displays pictures and descriptions of various Print Manager and Print Job features, such as windows, dialog boxes, and menus.

On Item

- After selecting On Item, you can click on an item in a Print Manager or Printer Jobs window and see help information about that item.

Using Help

- Provides help on using the help windows.

About

- Displays the version and copyright information.

## Set Options Dialog Box

## Representation

1. Large Icon

2. Displays printers and print jobs as large icons

Small Icon

- Displays printers and print jobs as small icons

Name Only

- Displays printers and print jobs as only text

Details

- Displays job owner, size, job number, and date and time each job was submitted

  Show Labels

- Displays a description of each details row to the left of the job list area

## Jobs to Show

1. Only Mine

2. Displays just your print jobs

Everyone's

3. Displays all print jobs

## Status

1. Problem Flag

2. Displays the problem flag icon in the Print Manager or Printer Jobs window when a problem with a printer is detected.

Message Line

3. Displays the message line at the bottom of the Print Manager or Printer Jobs main window.

## Updates

1. Interval

2. Specifies how frequently Print Manager or Printer Jobs queries printers for information about their print jobs.

## Buttons

1. OK

2. Applies your changes and closes the dialog box

Apply

3. Applies your changes and leaves the dialog box displayed

Cancel

4. Cancels a print job

Help

5. Displays help for this dialog box

## See Also

1. - SetOptionsTA

## Find Print Jobs Dialog Box

This is only available in Print Manager.

## Search Criteria

1. Job Name

2. Enter the name of the job you want to find. For example, `cat` will find all jobs that include the fragment `cat` in their name, such as "cat" and "catalog".

Ignore case

- To only find jobs with the same capitalization, deselect Ignore Case.

Exact match

- Select this to only find jobs that exactly match the name you enter. Otherwise, all jobs that contain the string you entered will be displayed.

Note that if you run this as the root user, the default is to search all print jobs. To narrow the search to just your jobs, select "Only Root Jobs."

## Search Results Area

1. Print Jobs Found

2. Displays the jobs found that match the name you entered.

Goto

3. Locates and displays the job that is selected in the Print Jobs Found area of the Print Manager main window. This is not active unless a print job is selected.

Cancel Print Jobs

4. Cancels one or more print jobs selected in the Print Jobs Found area.

## Buttons

1. Start Find

2. Starts the search

Stop Find

3. Cancels the search. This may take a few moments.

Close

4. Closes the dialog box

Help

5. Displays help for this dialog box

## See Also

1. - FindJobTA

## Modify the Show List Dialog Box

Printer List

- Displays the list of printers found on your system

Select All

- Selects all the printers displayed in the printer list

Deselect All

- Deselects all the printers displayed in the printer list

OK

- Saves the changes you made and closes the dialog box

Apply

- Saves the changes you made and leaves the dialog box displayed

Cancel

- Cancels any changes you may have made and closes the dialog box

Help

- Displays help for this dialog box

## See Also

1. - SetOptionsTA

   - ShowPrintersTA

## Printer Properties Dialog Box

Icon Label

- Displays the name of the printer that will be displayed beneath the icon in the main window. You can change this name.

Icons

- The set of icons that will be used to represent your printer.

Find Set

- Displays the Find Set dialog box to enable you to change the icons used to represent your printers.

Description

- Displays a description of the printer. Useful for storing the printer's location, contact, and type of printer.

Printer Queue

- Displays the name of your printer queue and its status.

Device Name

- Displays the device name of your printer and its status.

OK

- Saves the changes you made and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

- Ignores any changes you may have made and closes the dialog box.

Help

- Displays help for this dialog box.

## See Also

1. - ShowPrintersTA

## Print Job Properties Dialog Box

Name

- Displays the name of the print job. This is an identification field and won't necessarily contain the document name. Different kinds of information may appear in this field depending on the kind of print server you use and the program you use to send the document to the printer. Some values that may appear are: STDIN.XXXXX(where the X's are numbers), the banner, Quename+job number, the file name, or the full pathname of the document.

Number

- Displays the job number assigned by the queue program when a print job is sent to a printer. The job number stays the same until the job is printed. A job's position number shows the job's position in line for printing. This number changes as the job moves up the line.

Owner

- Displays the owner of the print job.

Size

- Displays the size of the print job.

Time

- Displays the time the file was sent to the printer.

Date

- Displays the date the file was sent to the printer.

The term "not available" may appear in some fields to indicate that the print server is not supplying that information.

## Related Topics:

1. - FindJobTA

## Find Set Dialog Box

Icon Folders

- List of folders containing icons.

Icons

- Displays the icons found in the icon folder that you can choose to represent your printers. Note: This dialog box will only display icons that have a complete set of all three sizes.

OK

- Uses the icon set you choose and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without making any changes to the set of icons you will use to represent your printers.

Help

- Displays help for this dialog box.

## Cancel Print Job Dialog Box

This dialog box is displayed when you have selected Cancel from the Selected menu or from a print job's pop-up menu.

Yes

- Confirms the cancellation of the print job

No

- Stops the cancellation of the print job

## See Also

1. - CancelJobTA

## Print Dialog Box

This dialog box is displayed while you are submitting a document to a printer.

The File Name field displays the name(s) of the file(s) to be printed. The Printer Description field provides information about the current printer selection.

Use the Print dialog box to set these print options:

Printer Name

- The destination for the print job. The text field initially displays the printer on which you dropped the data file.

Copies

- The number of copies to print. The default is 1.

Send Mail When Done

- Requests that an email notification be sent when your print job completes.

Banner Page Title

- A title to appear on the banner page. The banner page is a sheet of paper that the printer prints before it prints the first page of your document.

Print Command Options

- Other options that change the way printing is done. Type the proper `lp` command flag in the text field for the print option you want to use. To see a list of the `lp` command flags, type `man` `lp` in a Terminal window.

To use a different printer, click the More Printers... button. The Select Printer dialog box lists the currently available printers. Select the printer you want. The name of the selected printer appears in the Printer Name field.

The Print Dialog Box buttons are:

Print

- Sends the file to the printer.

Cancel

- Closes the dialog box without printing the file.

Help

- Displays help for this dialog box.

## See Also

1. - StartJobTA