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DCMT VARY PRINTER Parameters

broadcast-parms

Indicates to execute the DCMT command on all or a list of data sharing group members.

Note: For more information about broadcasting and broadcast-parms syntax, see the section How to Broadcast System Tasks.

logical-terminal-id

Specifies the printer to vary.

Logical-terminal-id must be the ID of a logical terminal defined on the system generation LTERM statement.

ALL

Varies all printers.

CANcel

Halts the printing of reports currently being printed and deletes them from the print queue. Subsequent reports are printed as normal.

DRAin

Finishes the printing of reports currently being printed but does not print subsequent reports in the print queue.

REQueue

Halts the printing of reports currently being printed and places them at the end of the print queue. Reports that are re-queued are printed again from the beginning.

STArt

Resumes printing. START is used to restart printers that have been drained.

CLasses

Varies the printer class for the specified printers.

(printer-class)

A printer class: an integer in the range 1 through 64. As many printer classes can be specified as are required. Multiple classes must be separated by commas or blanks. The entire list must be enclosed in parentheses.

CLasses NONE

Disassociates all classes from the specified printers. No reports can be queued to the printer involved until they are assigned a printer class.

Destination

Varies a specified destination.

destination-id

The ID of the destination to be varied as defined on the system generation DESTINATION statement.

TO new-destination-id

The ID of the new destination as defined on the system generation DESTINATION statement.

ONline

Varies the destination online. Varying a destination online permits the printing of reports at the destination.

OFFline

Varies the destination offline.

Varying a destination offline prevents the printing of reports at the destination.

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