VMS Help SHOW, PRINTER  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Displays the current settings for a printer.

    Format

      SHOW PRINTER  device-name[:]

1 - Parameter

 device-name[:]

    Specifies the name of the printer for which settings are to be
    displayed.

2 - Qualifier

 2.1 - /OUTPUT

       /OUTPUT[=filespec]
       /NOOUTPUT

    Controls where the output of the command is sent. By default,
    the output of the SHOW PRINTER command is sent to the current
    SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your terminal). To send the output
    to a file, use the /OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file
    specification.

    The asterisk (*)  and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters
    are not allowed in the file specification. If you enter a partial
    file specification (for example, specifying only a directory),
    SHOW is the default file name and .LIS is the default file type.

    If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.

 2.2 - /IDSTRING

    Returns the USB printer ID string as a text string and displays
    it on your screen. This information appears at the end of the
    typical SHOW PRINTER command display.

 2.3 - /SERIALNUM

    Returns the USB printer serial number as a text string and
    displays to the screen. The USB printer returns the serial number
    in Unicode format, and this is converted to ASCII text before
    being displayed.

3 - Examples

    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