Print Object Attributes

Table of Contents

Advanced Function Printing™

ID
ATTR_AFP
Type
String
Description
Indicates whether this spooled file uses AFP resources external to the spooled file. Valid values are *YES and *NO.

AFP Resource

ID
ATTR_AFP_RESOURCE
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the external AFP (Advanced Function Print) resource. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/resource.type" where library is the library that contains the resource, resource is the name of the resource and type is the resource type. Valid values for type include "FNTRSC", "FORMDF", "OVL", "PAGSEG", and "PAGDFN".

Align Forms

ID
ATTR_ALIGNFORMS
Type
String
Description
The time at which a forms alignment message will be sent. Valid values are *WTR, *FILE, *FIRST.

Align Page

ID
ATTR_ALIGN
Type
String
Description
Indicates whether a forms alignment message is sent before printing this spooled file. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Allow Direct Print

ID
ATTR_ALWDRTPRT
Type
String
Description
Indicates whether the printer writer allows the printer to be allocated to a job that prints directly to a printer. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Authority

ID
ATTR_AUT
Type
String
Description
Specifies the authority that is given to users who do not have specific authority to the output queue. Valid values are *USE, *ALL, *CHANGE, *EXCLUDE, *LIBCRTAUT.

Authority to Check

ID
ATTR_AUTCHK
Type
String
Description
Indicates what type of authorities to the output queue allow the user to control all the files on the output queue. Valid values are *OWNER, *DTAAUT.

Automatically End Writer

ID
ATTR_AUTOEND
Type
String
Description
Specifies if the writer must be automatically ended. Valid values are *NO, *YES.

Auxiliary Storage

ID
ATTR_AUX_POOL
Type
Integer
Description
Specifies the number of the auxiliary storage pool (ASP) that the spooled file is stored on. The possible values are:
  • 1: System ASP
  • 2-32: One of the user ASPs

Back Margin Offset Across

ID
ATTR_BACKMGN_ACR
Type
Float
Description
For the back side of a piece of paper, it specifies, how far in from the left side of the page printing starts. The special value *FRONTMGN will be encoded as -1.

Back Margin Offset Down

ID
ATTR_BACKMGN_DWN
Type
Float
Description
For the back side of a piece of paper, it specifies, how far down from the top of the page printing starts. The special value *FRONTMGN will be encoded as -1.

Back Overlay

ID
ATTR_BACK_OVERLAY
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the back overlay or a special value. If the value is an Integrated File System path it will have the format "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/overlay.OVL" where library is the library of the resource and overlay is the name of the overlay. Valid special values include *FRONTOVL.

Back Overlay offset across

ID
ATTR_BKOVL_ACR
Type
Float
Description
The offset across from the point of origin where the overlay is printed.

Back Overlay Offset Down

ID
ATTR_BKOVL_DWN
Type
Float
Description
The offset down from the point of origin where the overlay is printed.

Between Copies Status

ID
ATTR_BTWNCPYSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is between copies of a multiple copy spooled file. Returned values are *YES or *NO.

Between Files Status

ID
ATTR_BTWNFILESTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is between files. Returned values are *YES or *NO.

Changes

ID
ATTR_CHANGES
Type
String
Description
The time at which pending changes take effect. Valid values are *NORDYF, *FILEEND, or blank which implies no changes pending to the writer.

Characters per Inch

ID
ATTR_CPI
Type
Float
Description
The number of characters per horizontal inch.

Code Page

ID
ATTR_CODEPAGE
Type
String
Description
The mapping of graphic characters to code points for this spooled file. If the graphic character set field contains a special value, this field may contain a zero (0).

Code Font Name

ID
ATTR_CODEDFNT
Type
String
Description
The name of the coded font. A coded font is an AFP resource that is composed of a character set and a code page. Special values include *FNTCHRSET.

Coded Font Library Name

ID
ATTR_CODEDFNTLIB
Type
String
Description
The name of the library that contains the coded font. This field may contain blanks if the coded font name field has a special value.

Control Character

ID
ATTR_CONTROLCHAR
Type
String
Description
Whether this file uses the American National Standards printer control character. The possible values are *NONE for no print control characters are passed in the data that is printed or *FCFC which means that the first character of every record is an American National Standards printer control character.

Convert Line Data

ID
ATTR_CONVERT_LINEDATA
Type
String
Description
Whether the line data is converted to AFPDS before it is written to spool. The possible values are *NO and *YES.

Copies

ID
ATTR_COPIES
Type
Integer
Description
The total number of copies to be produced for this spooled file.

Copies left to Produce

ID
ATTR_COPIESLEFT
Type
Integer
Description
The remaining number of copies to be produced for this spooled file.

Corner Staple

ID
ATTR_CORNER_STAPLE
Type
String
Description
The reference corner to be used for a corner staple. A staple is driven into the media at the reference corner. Valid values are *NONE, *DEVD, *BOTRIGHT, *TOPRIGHT, *TOPLEFT, and *BOTLEFT.

Current Page

ID
ATTR_CURPAGE
Type
Integer
Description
Current page that is being written by the writer job.

Data Format

ID
ATTR_DATAFORMAT
Type
String
Description
Data format. Valid values are *RCDDATA, *ALLDATA.

Data Queue

ID
ATTR_DATA_QUEUE
Type
String
Description
Specifies the Integrated File System path of the data queue that is associated with the output queue or "*NONE" if no data queue is associated with the the output queue. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/dataqueue.DTAQ" where library is the library that contains the data queue and dataqueue is the name of the data queue.

Date File Opened

ID
ATTR_DATE
Type
String
Description
For spooled files this is the date the spooled file was opened. For AFP resources this is the date the object was last modified. The date is encoded in a character string with the following format, C YY MM DD.

Date Spooled File Job Create End

ID
ATTR_DATE_END
Type
String
Description
The date the job ended that created the spooled file on the system. If the Starting spooled file create date field is set to *ALL, then this field must be set to blanks. If a date has been specified for the Starting spooled file create date field, then this field must be set to a valid date. The date must be in the CYYMMDD format or be one of the following special values:
  • *LAST: All spooled files with a create date and time equal to or later than the starting spooled file create date are to be returned.
  • Date: All spooled files with a create date and time equal to or later than the starting spooled file create date and time and less than or equal to the ending spooled file create date and time are to be returned.
The date format CYYMMDD is defined as follows:
  • C is the Century, where 0 indicates years 19xx and 1 indicates years 20xx
  • YY is the Year
  • MM is the Month
  • DD is the Day

Date Writer Began Processing Spooled File

ID
ATTR_DATE_WTR_BEGAN_FILE
Type
String
Description
Indicates the date at which the writer began processing this spooled file. The date is encoded in a character string with the following format, C YY MM DD.

Date Writer Completed Processing Spooled File

ID
ATTR_DATE_WTR_CMPL_FILE
Type
String
Description
Indicates the date at which the writer began finished this spooled file. The date is encoded in a character string with the following format, C YY MM DD.

User Specified DBCS Data

ID
ATTR_DBCSDATA
Type
String
Description
Whether the spooled file contains double-byte character set (DBCS) data. Valid values are *NO and *YES.

DBCS Extension Characters

ID
ATTR_DBCSEXTENSN
Type
String
Description
Whether the system is to process the DBCS extension characters. Valid values are *NO and *YES.

DBCS Character Rotation

ID
ATTR_DBCAROTATE
Type
String
Description
Whether the DBCS characters are rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise before printing. Valid values are *NO and *YES.

DBCS Characters per Inch

ID
ATTR_DBCSCPI
Type
Integer
Description
The number of double-byte characters to be printed per inch. Valid values are -1, -2, 5, 6, and 10. The value *CPI is encoded as -1. The value *CONDENSED is encoded as -2.

DBCS SO/SI Spacing

ID
ATTR_DBCSSISO
Type
String
Description
Determines the presentation of shift-out and shift-in characters when printed. Valid values are *NO, *YES, and *RIGHT.

Defer Write

ID
ATTR_DFR_WRITE
Type
String
Description
Whether print data is held in system buffers before

Degree of Page Rotation

ID
ATTR_PAGRTT
Type
Integer
Description
The degree of rotation of the text on the page, with respect to the way the form is loaded into the printer. Valid values are -1, -2, -3, 0, 90, 180, 270. The value *AUTO is encoded as -1, the value *DEVD is encoded as -2, and the value *COR is encoded as -3.

Delete File After Sending

ID
ATTR_DELETESPLF
Type
String
Description
Delete the spooled file after sending? Valid values are *NO and *YES.

Destination Option

ID
ATTR_DESTOPTION
Type
String
Description
Destination option. A text string that allows the user to pass options to the receiving system.

Destination Type

ID
ATTR_DESTINATION
Type
String
Description
Destination type. Valid values are *OTHER, *AS400, *PSF2.

Device Class

ID
ATTR_DEVCLASS
Type
String
Description
The device class.

Device Model

ID
ATTR_DEVMODEL
Type
String
Description
The model number of the device.

Device Status

ID
ATTR_DEVSTATUS
Type
Integer
Description
The status of the printer device. Valid values are 0 (varied off), 10 (vary off pending), 20 (vary on pending), 30 (varied on), 40 (connect pending), 60 (active), 66 (active writer), 70 (held), 75 (powered off), 80 (recovery pending), 90 (recovery canceled), 100 (failed), 106 (failed writer), 110 (being serviced), 111 (damaged), 112 (locked), 113 (unknown).

Device Type

ID
ATTR_DEVTYPE
Type
String
Description
The device type.

Display any File

ID
ATTR_DISPLAYANY
Type
String
Description
Whether users who have authority to read this output queue can display the output data of any output file on this queue or only the data in their own files. Valid values are *YES, *NO, *OWNER.

Drawer for Separators

ID
ATTR_DRWRSEP
Type
Integer
Description
Identifies the drawer from which the job and file separator pages are to be taken. Valid values are -1, -2, 1, 2, 3. The value *FILE is encoded as -1, and the value *DEVD is encoded as -2.

Edge Stitch Number of Staples

ID
ATTR_EDGESTITCH_NUMSTAPLES
Type
Integer
Description
The number of staples that are applied along the finishing operation axis.

Edge Stitch Reference

ID
ATTR_EDGESTITCH_REF
Type
String
Description
Where one or more staples are driven into the media along the finishing operation axis. Valid values are *NONE, *DEVD, *BOTTOM, *RIGHT, *TOP, and *LEFT.

Edge Stitch Reference Offset

ID
ATTR_EDGESTITCH_REFOFF
Type
Float
Description
The offset of the edge stitch from the reference edge toward the center of the media.

End Pending Status

ID
ATTR_ENDPNDSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether an End Writer (ENDWTR) command has been issued for this writer. Possible values are *NO - no ENDWTR command was issued, *IMMED - the writer ends as soon as its output buffers are empty, *CTRLD - the writer ends after the current copy of the spooled file has printed, *PAGEEND - the writer ends at the end of the page.

Ending Page

ID
ATTR_ENDPAGE
Type
Integer
Description
The page number at which to end printing the spooled file. Valid values are 0 or the ending page number. The value *END is encoded as 0.

Envelope Source

ID
ATTR_ENVLP_SOURCE
Type
String
Description
The size of the envelope in the envelope source. If this field is not specified or the value is not valid, the special value of *MFRTYPMDL is used. Valid values are *NONE - there is no envelope source, *MFRTYPMDL - the envelope size suggested by the manufacturer type and model is used, *MONARCH (3.875 x 7.5 inches), *NUMBER9 (3.875 x 8.875 inches), *NUMBER10 (4.125 x 9.5 inches), *B5 (176mm x 250mm), *C5 (162mm x 229mm), *DL (110mm x 220mm).

File Separators

ID
ATTR_FILESEP
Type
Integer
Description
The number of file separator pages that are placed at the beginning of each copy of the spooled file. Valid values are -1, or the number of separators. The value *FILE is encoded as -1.

Fold Records

ID
ATTR_FOLDREC
Type
String
Description
Whether records that exceed the printer forms width are folded (wrapped) to the next line. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Font Identifier

ID
ATTR_FONTID
Type
String
Description
The printer font that is used. Valid special values include *CPI and *DEVD.

Form Definition

ID
ATTR_FORM_DEFINITION
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path name of the form definition or a special value. If an Integrated File System path is specified the format is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/formdef.FORMDF" where library is the library of the form definition and formdef is the name of the form definition. Valid special values include *NONE, *INLINE, *INLINED, and *DEVD.

Form Feed

ID
ATTR_FORMFEED
Type
String
Description
The manner in which forms feed to the printer. Valid values are *CONT, *CUT, *AUTOCUT, *DEVD.

Form Type

ID
ATTR_FORMTYPE
Type
String
Description
The type of form to be loaded in the printer to print this spooled file.

Form Type Message Option

ID
ATTR_FORMTYPEMSG
Type
String
Description
Message option for sending a message to the writer's message queue when the current form type is finished. Valid values are *MSG, *NOMSG, *INFOMSG, *INQMSG.

Front Margin Offset Across

ID
ATTR_FTMGN_ACR
Type
Float
Description
For the front side of a piece of paper, it specifies, how far in from the left side of the page printing starts. The special value *DEVD is encoded as -2.

Front Margin Offset Down

ID
ATTR_FTMGN_DWN
Type
Float
Description
For the front side of a piece of paper, it specifies, how far down from the top of the page printing starts. The special value *DEVD is encoded as -2.

Front Overlay

ID
ATTR_FRONT_OVERLAY
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the front overlay. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/overlay.OVL" where library is the library of the resource and overlay is the name of the overlay. The string "*NONE" is used to indicate that no front overlay is specified.

Front Overlay Offset Across

ID
ATTR_FTOVL_ACR
Type
Float
Description
The offset across from the point of origin where the overlay is printed.

Front Overlay Offset Down

ID
ATTR_FTOVL_DWN
Type
Float
Description
The offset down from the point of origin where the overlay is printed.

Graphic Character Set

ID
ATTR_CHAR_ID
Type
String
Description
The set of graphic characters to be used when printing this file. Valid special values include *DEVD, *SYSVAL, and *JOBCCSID.

Hardware Justification

ID
ATTR_JUSTIFY
Type
Integer
Description
The percentage that the output is right justified. Valid values are 0, 50, 100.

Held Status

ID
ATTR_HELDSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is held. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Hold Spool File

ID
ATTR_HOLD
Type
String
Description
Whether the spooled file is held. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Hold Pending Status

ID
ATTR_HOLDPNDSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether a Hold Writer (HLDWTR) command has been issued for this writer. Possible values are *NO - no HLDWTR command was issued, *IMMED - the writer is held when its output buffers are empty, *CTRLD - writer held after the current copy of the spooled file has printed, *PAGEEND - writer held at the end of the page.

Image Configuration

ID
ATTR_IMGCFG
Type
String
Description
The transform services for a variety of image and print data-stream formats.

Initialize the writer

ID
ATTR_WTRINIT
Type
String
Description
The user can specify when to initialize the printer device. Valid values are *WTR, *FIRST, *ALL.

Internet Address

ID
ATTR_INTERNETADDR
Type
String
Description
The internet address of the receiving system.

IPP Attributes-charset

ID
ATTR_IPP_ATTR_CHARSET
Type
String
Description
Indicates the charset (coded character set and encoding method) of the IPP specified spooled file attributes.

IPP Job ID

ID
ATTR_IPP_JOB_ID
Type
Integer
Description
IPP Job ID relative to the IPP printer that created the job.

IPP Job Name

ID
ATTR_IPP_ATR_CHARSET
Type
String
Description
User friendly name of job.

IPP Job Name NL

ID
ATTR_IPP_JOB_NAME_NL
Type
String
Description
Natural language of job name.

IPP Job Originating User Name

ID
ATTR_IPP_JOB_ORIGUSER
Type
String
Description
Identifies the end user that submitted this IPP job.

IPP Job Originating User Name NL

ID
ATTR_IPP_JOB_ORIGUSER_NL
Type
String
Description
Identifies the natural language of job-originating user name.

IPP Printer Name

ID
ATTR_IPP_PRINTER_NAME
Type
String
Description
Identifies the IPP printer that created this job.

Job Name

ID
ATTR_JOBNAME
Type
String
Description
The name of the job that created the spooled file.

Job Number

ID
ATTR_JOBNUMBER
Type
String
Description
The number of the job that created the spooled file.

Job Separators

ID
ATTR_JOBSEPRATR
Type
Integer
Description
The number of job separators to be placed at the beginning of the output for each job having spooled files on this output queue. Valid values are -2, 0-9. The value *MSG is encoded as -2. Job separators are specified when the output queue is created.

Job System

ID
ATTR_JOBSYSTEM
Type
String
Description
The system job which created spooled file was running.

Job User

ID
ATTR_JOBUSER
Type
String
Description
The name of the user that created the spooled file.

Last Page Printed

ID
ATTR_LASTPAGE
Type
Integer
Description
The number of the last printed page is the file if printing ended before the job completed processing.

Length of Page

ID
ATTR_PAGELEN
Type
Float
Description
The length of a page. Units of measurement are specified in the measurement method attribute.

Library Name

ID
ATTR_LIBRARY
Type
String
Description
The name of the library.

Lines Per Inch

ID
ATTR_LPI
Type
Float
Description
The number of lines per vertical inch in the spooled file.

Line Spacing

ID
ATTR_LINESPACING
Type
String
Description
How a file's line data records are spaced when printed. The information is returned only for *LINE and *AFPDSLINE printer device types files. Valid values are *SINGLE, *DOUBLE, *TRIPLE, or *CTLCHAR.

Manufacturer Type and Model

ID
ATTR_MFGTYPE
Type
String
Description
Specifies the manufacturer, type, and model when transforming print data from SCS to ASCII.

Maximum Jobs per Client List

ID
ATTR_MAX_JOBS_PER_CLIENT
Type
Integer
Description
Supplied by the client to indicate the maximum printer queue size of limitation.

Maximum Spooled Output Records

ID
ATTR_MAXRECORDS
Type
Integer
Description
The maximum number of records allowed in this file at the time this file was opened. The value *NOMAX is encoded as 0.

Measurement Method

ID
ATTR_MEASMETHOD
Type
String
Description
The measurement method that is used for the length of page and width of page attributes. Valid values are *ROWCOL, *UOM.

Message Help

ID
ATTR_MSGHELP
Type
char(*)
Description
The message help, which is sometimes known as second-level text, can be returned by a "retrieve message" request. The system limits the length to 3000 characters (English version must be 30% less to allow for translation).

Message ID

ID
ATTR_MESSAGEID
Type
String
Description
The message ID.

Message Queue

ID
ATTR_MESSAGE_QUEUE
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the message queue that the writer uses for operational messages. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/messageque.MSGQ" where library is the library that contains the message queue and messageque is the name of the message queue.

Message Reply

ID
ATTR_MSGREPLY
Type
String
Description
The message reply. Text string to be provided by the client which answers a message of type "inquiry". In the case of message retrieved, the attribute value is returned by the server and contains the default reply which the client can use. The system limits the length to 132 characters. Must be null-terminated due to variable length.

Message Text

ID
ATTR_MSGTEXT
Type
String
Description
The message text, that is sometimes known as first-level text, can be returned by a "retrieve message" request. The system limits the length to 132 characters.

Message Type

ID
ATTR_MSGTYPE
Type
String
Description
The message type, a 2-digit, EBCDIC encoding. Two types of messages indicate whether one can "answer" a "retrieved" message: '04' Informational messages convey information without asking for a reply (may require a corrective action instead), '05' Inquiry messages convey information and ask for a reply.

Message Severity

ID
ATTR_MSGSEV
Type
Integer
Description
Message severity. Values range from 00 to 99. The higher the value, the more severe or important the condition.

Multi-item Reply Capability

ID
ATTR_MULTI_ITEM_REPLY
Type
String
Description
When this attribute value is set to *YES by the client, the performance of list spooled file operations can be greatly improved. The default value is *NO.

Network Identifier

ID
ATTR_NETWORK
Type
String
Description
The network identifier of the system where the file was created.

Number of Bytes in Spooled File

ID
ATTR_NUMBYTES_SPLF
Type
Integer
Description
The total number of bytes available in the stream or spooled file. The value indicates the number of bytes BEFORE any transform of the data takes place. In order to accommodate files of sizes greater than 2**31 - 1 bytes, this value is scaled; the user needs to multiply the value by 10K to get the actual number of bytes. This attribute is not valid for spooled files being viewed in page-at-a-time mode.

Number of Bytes to Read/Write

ID
ATTR_NUMBYTES
Type
Integer
Description
The number of bytes to read for a read operation, or the number of bytes to write for a write operation. The object action determines how to interpret this attribute.

Number of Files

ID
ATTR_NUMFILES
Type
Integer
Description
The number of spooled files that exist on the output queue.

Number of Writers Started to Queue

ID
ATTR_NUMWRITERS
Type
Integer
Description
The number of writer jobs started to the output queue.

Object Extended Attribute

ID
ATTR_OBJEXTATTR
Type
String
Description
An "extended" attribute used by some objects like font resources. This value shows up via WRKOBJ and DSPOBJD commands on the server. The title on a server screen may just indicate "Attribute". In the case of object types of font resources, for example, common values are CDEPAG, CDEFNT, and FNTCHRSET.

On Job Queue Status

ID
ATTR_ONJOBQSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is on a job queue and therefore is not currently running. The possible values are *YES, *NO.

Open time commands

ID
ATTR_OPENCMDS
Type
String
Description
Specifies whether user wants SCS open time commands to be inserted into datastream before spool file data. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Operator Controlled

ID
ATTR_OPCNTRL
Type
String
Description
Whether users with job control authority are allowed to manage or control the spooled files on this queue. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Order of Files On Queue

ID
ATTR_ORDER
Type
String
Description
The order of spooled files on this output queue. Valid values are *FIFO, *JOBNBR.

Output Bin

ID
ATTR_OUTPUTBIN
Type
Integer
Description
The output bin the printer uses for the printed output. Values range from 1 to 65535. The value *DEVD is encoded as 0.

Output Priority

ID
ATTR_OUTPTY
Type
String
Description
The priority of the spooled file. The priority ranges from 1 (highest) to 9 (lowest). Valid values are 0-9, where 0 represents *JOB.

Output Queue

ID
ATTR_OUTPUT_QUEUE
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the output queue. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/queue.OUTQ" where library is the library that contains the output queue and queue is the name of the output queue.

Output Queue Status

ID
ATTR_OUTQSTS
Type
String
Description
The status of the output queue. Valid values are RELEASED, HELD.

Overall Status

ID
ATTR_OVERALLSTS
Type
Integer
Description
The overall status of the "logical printer". "Logical printer" refers to printer device, output queue and writer job. Valid values are 1 (unavailable), 2 (powered off or not yet available), 3 (stopped), 4 (message waiting), 5 (held), 6 (stop pending), 7 (hold pending), 8 (waiting for printer), 9 (waiting to start), 10 (printing), 11 (waiting for output queue), 12 (connect pending), 13 (powered off), 14 (unusable), 15 (being serviced), 999 (unknown).

Overflow Line Number

ID
ATTR_OVERFLOW
Type
Integer
Description
The last line to be printed before the data that is being printed overflows to the next page.

Page At A Time

ID
ATTR_PAGE_AT_A_TIME
Type
String
Description
Specifies whether the spooled file is to be opened in page-at-a-time mode. Valid values are *YES and *NO.

Page Count Estimated

ID
ATTR_PAGES_EST
Type
String
Description
Specifies whether the page count is estimated rather than actual. Valid values are *YES and *NO.

Page Definition

ID
ATTR_PAGE_DEFINITION
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path name of the page definition or a special value. If an Integrated File System path is specified the format is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/pagedef.PAGDFN" where library is the library of the page definition and pagedef is the name of the page definition. Valid special values include *NONE.

Page Number

ID
ATTR_PAGENUMBER
Type
Integer
Description
The number of the page to be read from a spooled file opened in page-at-a-time mode.

Pages Per Side

ID
ATTR_MULTIUP
Type
Integer
Description
The number of logical pages that print on each side of each physical page when the file is printed. Valid values are 1, 2, 4.

Paper Source 1

ID
ATTR_PAPER_SOURCE_1
Type
String
Description
The size of the paper in paper source one. If this field is not specified or the value is not valid, the special value of *MFRTYPMDL is used. Valid values are *NONE - there is no paper source one or the paper is manually fed into the printer, *MFRTYPMDL - the paper size suggested by the manufacturer type and model is used, *LETTER (8.5 x 11.0 inches), *LEGAL (8.5 x 14.0 inches), *EXECUTIVE (7.25 x 10.5 inches), *LEDGER (17.0 x 11.0 inches), *A3 (297mm x 420mm), *A4 (210mm x 297mm), *A5 (148mm x 210mm), *B4 (257mm x 364mm), *B5 (182mm x 257mm), *CONT80 (8.0 inches wide with continuous form), *CONT132 (13.2 inches wide with continuous form).

Paper Source 2

ID
ATTR_PAPER_SOURCE_2
Type
String
Description
The size of the paper in paper source two. If this field is not specified or the value is not valid, the special value of *MFRTYPMDL is used. Valid values are *NONE - there is no paper source two or the paper is manually fed into the printer, *MFRTYPMDL - the paper size suggested by the manufacturer type and model is used, *LETTER (8.5 x 11.0 inches), *LEGAL (8.5 x 14.0 inches), *EXECUTIVE (7.25 x 10.5 inches), *LEDGER (17.0 x 11.0 inches), *A3 (297mm x 420mm), *A4 (210mm x 297mm), *A5 (148mm x 210mm), *B4 (257mm x 364mm), *B5 (182mm x 257mm), *CONT80 (8.0 inches wide with continuous form), *CONT132 (13.2 inches wide with continuous form).

Pel Density

ID
ATTR_PELDENSITY
Type
String
Description
For font resources only, this value is an encoding of the number of pels ("1" represents a pel size of 240, "2" represents a pel size of 320). Additional values may become meaningful as the server defines them.

Point Size

ID
ATTR_POINTSIZE
Type
Float
Description
The point size in which this spooled file's text is printed. The special value *NONE will be encoded as 0.

Print Fidelity

ID
ATTR_FIDELITY
Type
String
Description
The kind of error handling that is performed when printing. Valid values are *ABSOLUTE, *CONTENT.

Print on Both Sides

ID
ATTR_DUPLEX
Type
String
Description
How the information prints. Valid values are *FORMDF, *NO, *YES, *TUMBLE.

Print Quality

ID
ATTR_PRTQUALITY
Type
String
Description
The print quality that is used when printing this spooled file. Valid values are *STD, *DRAFT, *NLQ, *FASTDRAFT.

Print Sequence

ID
ATTR_PRTSEQUENCE
Type
String
Description
Print sequence. Valid values are *NEXT.

Print Text

ID
ATTR_PRTTEXT
Type
String
Description
The text that is printed at the bottom of each page of printed output and on separator pages. Valid special values include *BLANK and *JOB.

Printer

ID
ATTR_PRINTER
Type
String
Description
The name of the printer device.

Printer Assigned

ID
ATTR_PRTASSIGNED
Type
String
Description
Indicates if the printer is assigned. Valid values are 1 (assigned to a specific printer), 2 (assigned to multiple printers), 3 (not assigned).

Printer Device Type

ID
ATTR_PRTDEVTYPE
Type
String
Description
The printer data stream type. Valid values are *SCS, *IPDS, *USERASCII, *AFPDS, *LINE.

Printer File

ID
ATTR_PRINTER_FILE
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the printer file. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/printerfile.FILE" where library is the library that contains the printer file and printerfile is the name of the printer file.

Printer Queue

ID
ATTR_RMTPRTQ
Type
String
Description
The name of the destination printer queue when sending spooled files via SNDTCPSPLF (LPR).

Publishing Info Color Supported

ID
ATTR_PUBINF_COLOR_SUP
Type
String
Description
Indicates color is supported for this publishing list entry.

Publishing Info Pages per Minute (Color)

ID
ATTR_PUBINF_PPM_COLOR
Type
Integer
Description
The pages per minute supported in color mode for this publishing list entry.

Publishing Info Pages per Minute (Monochrome)

ID
ATTR_PUBINF_PPM
Type
Integer
Description
The pages per minute supported in monochrome for this publishing list entry.

Publishing Info Duplex Support

ID
ATTR_PUBINF_DUPLEX_SUP
Type
String
Description
The duplex supported indicator for this publishing list entry.

Publishing Info Location

ID
ATTR_PUBINF_LOCATION
Type
String
Description
The location description for this publishing list entry.

Remote Location Name

ID
ATTR_RMTLOCNAME
Type
String
Description
The printer device location name.

Record Length

ID
ATTR_RECLENGTH
Type
Integer
Description
Record length.

Reduce Output

ID
ATTR_REDUCE
Type
String
Description
The manner in which multiple logical pages print on each side of a physical page. Valid values *TEXT or ????.

Remote System

ID
ATTR_RMTSYSTEM
Type
String
Description
Remote system name. Valid special values include *INTNETADR.

Replace Unprintable Characters

ID
ATTR_RPLUNPRT
Type
String
Description
Whether characters that cannot be printed are to be replaced with another character. Valid values are *YES or *NO.

Replacement Character

ID
ATTR_RPLCHAR
Type
String
Description
The character that replaces any unprintable characters.

Restart Printing

ID
ATTR_RESTART
Type
Integer
Description
Restart printing. Valid values are -1, -2, -3, or the page number to restart at. The value *STRPAGE is encoded as -1, the value *ENDPAGE is encoded as -2, and the value *NEXT is encoded as -3.

Saddle Stitch Number of Staples

ID
ATTR_SADDLESTITCH_NUMSTAPLES
Type
Integer
Description
The number of staples that are to be applied along the finishing operation axis.

Saddle Stitch Reference

ID
ATTR_SADDLESTITCH_REF
Type
String
Description
One or more staples are driven into the media along the finishing operation axis, which is positioned at the center of the media parallel to the reference edge. Valid values are *NONE, *DEVD, *TOP, and *LEFT.

Save Spooled File

ID
ATTR_SAVESPLF
Type
String
Description
Whether the spooled file is to be saved after it is written. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Seek Offset

ID
ATTR_SEEKOFF
Type
Integer
Description
Seek offset. Allows both positive and negative values relative to the seek origin.

Seek Origin

ID
ATTR_SEEKORG
Type
Integer
Description
Valid values include 1 (beginning or top), 2 (current), and 3 (end or bottom).

Send Priority

ID
ATTR_SENDPTY
Type
String
Description
Send priority. Valid values are *NORMAL, *HIGH.

Separator page

ID
ATTR_SEPPAGE
Type
String
Description
Allows a user the option of printing a banner page or not. Valid values are *YES or *NO.

Source Drawer

ID
ATTR_SRCDRWR
Type
Integer
Description
The drawer to be used when the automatic cut sheet feed option is selected. Valid values are -1, -2, 1-255. The value *E1 is encoded as -1, and the value *FORMDF is encoded as -2.

Spool SCS

ID
ATTR_SPLSCS
Type
Long
Description
Determines how SCS data is used during create spool file.

Spool the Data

ID
ATTR_SPOOL
Type
String
Description
Whether the output data for the printer device is spooled. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Spooled File Creation Authentication Method

ID
ATTR_SPLF_AUTH_METHOD
Type
Integer
Description
Indicates the client authentication method used to create this spooled file. Valid values include x'00'(*NONE), x'01'(*REQUESTER), x'02'(*BASIC), x'03'(*CERTIFICATE), and 'x'04'(*DIGEST).

Spooled File Creation Security Method

ID
ATTR_SPLF_SECURITY_METHOD
Type
String
Description
Indicates the security method used to create this spooled file. Valid values are x'00'(*NONE), x'01'(*SSL3), and x'02'(*TLS).

Spooled File Name

ID
ATTR_SPOOLFILE
Type
String
Description
The name of the spooled file.

Spooled File Number

ID
ATTR_SPLFNUM
Type
Integer
Description
The spooled file number. Special values allowed are -1 and 0. The value *LAST is encoded as -1, the value *ONLY is encoded as 0.

Spooled File Status

ID
ATTR_SPLFSTATUS
Type
String
Description
The status of the spooled file. Valid values are *CLOSED, *HELD, *MESSAGE, *OPEN, *PENDING, *PRINTER, *READY, *SAVED, *WRITING.

Spooled Output Schedule

ID
ATTR_SCHEDULE
Type
String
Description
Specifies, for spooled files only, when the spooled file is available to the writer. Valid values are *IMMED, *FILEEND, *JOBEND.

Started By User

ID
ATTR_STARTEDBY
Type
String
Description
The name of the user who started the writer.

Starting Page

ID
ATTR_STARTPAGE
Type
Integer
Description
The page number at which to start printing the spooled file. Valid values are -1, 0, 1, or the page number. The value *ENDPAGE is encoded as -1. For the value 0, printing starts on page 1. For the value 1, the entire file prints.

System Where Created

ID
ATTR_SYSTEM
Type
String
Description
The name of the system where the spooled file was created. When the name of the system where this spooled file was created cannot be determined, the receiving system name is used.

Text Description

ID
ATTR_DESCRIPTION
Type
String
Description
Text to describe an instance of an AS400 object.

Time File Opened

ID
ATTR_TIMEOPEN
Type
String
Description
For spooled files this is the time this spooled file was opened. For AFP resources this is the time the object was last modified. The time is encoded in a character string with the following format, HH MM SS.

Time Spooled File Create Job End

ID
ATTR_TIME_END
Type
String
Description
The time the job that created the spooled file on the system ended. This field must be set to blanks when special value *ALL is used for field Starting spooled file create date or when special value *LAST is used for field Ending spooled file create date. This field must have a value set if a date is specified for field Ending spooled file create date. The time must be in the HHMMSS format, defined as follows:
  • HH - Hour
  • MM - Minutes
  • SS - Seconds

Time Writer Began Processing Spooled File

ID
ATTR_TIME_WTR_BEGAN_FILE
Type
String
Description
Indicates the time at which the writer began processing the spooled file. The time is encoded in a character string with the following format, HH MM SS.

Time Writer Completed Processing Spooled File

ID
ATTR_TIME_WTR_CMPL_FILE
Type
String
Description
Indicates the time at which the writer finished processing the spooled file. The time is encoded in a character string with the following format, HH MM SS.

Total Pages

ID
ATTR_PAGES
Type
Integer
Description
The number of pages that are contained in a spooled file.

Transform SCS to ASCII

ID
ATTR_SCS2ASCII
Type
String
Description
Whether the print data is to be transformed from SCS to ASCII. Valid values are *YES, *NO.

Unit of Measure

ID
ATTR_UNITOFMEAS
Type
String
Description
The unit of measure to use for specifying distances. Valid values are *CM, *INCH.

User Comment

ID
ATTR_USERCMT
Type
String
Description
The 100 characters of user-specified comment that describe the spooled file.

User Data

ID
ATTR_USERDATA
Type
String
Description
The 10 characters of user-specified data that describe the spooled file. Valid special values include *SOURCE.

User Defined Data

ID
ATTR_USRDFNDTA
Type
String
Description
User defined data to be utilized by user applications or user specified programs that process spool files. All characters are acceptable. Max size is 255.

User Defined File

ID
ATTR_USRDEFFILE
Type
String
Description
Whether the spooled file was created using an API. Valid values are *YES, or *NO.

User Defined Object

ID
ATTR_USER_DEFINED_OBJECT
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the user defined object to be utilized by user applications that process spool files. If an Integrated File System path the format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/object.type" where library is the name of the library that contains the object or one of the special values %LIBL% or %CURLIB%. object is the name of the object and type is the object type. Valid values for type include "DTAARA", "DTAQ", "FILE", "PSFCFG", "USRIDX", "USRQ" and "USRSPC". The string "*NONE" is used to indicate no user defined object is to be used.

User Defined Option(s)

ID
ATTR_USEDFNOPTS
Type
String
Description
User defined options to be utilized by user applications that process spool files. Up to 4 options may be specifies, each value is length char(10). All characters are acceptable.

User Driver Program Data

ID
ATTR_USRDRVPGMDTA
Type
String
Description
User data to be used with the user driver program. All characters are acceptable. Maximum size is 5000 characters.

User Driver Program

ID
ATTR_USER_DRIVER_PROG
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the user defined driver program that processes spooled files. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/program.PGM" where library is the name of the library that contains the program and program is the program name. The library may be one of the special values %LIBL% and %CURLIB% or a specific library name. The string "*NONE" is used to indicate that no driver program is defined.

User ID

ID
ATTR_TOUSERID
Type
String
Description
User id to whom the spooled file is sent.

User ID Address

ID
ATTR_TOADDRESS
Type
String
Description
Address of user to whom the spooled file is sent.

User Transform Program

ID
ATTR_USER_TRANSFORM_PROG
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the user defined transform program that transforms spool file data before it is processed by the driver program. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/program.PGM" where library is the name of the library that contains the program and program is the program name. The library may be one of the special values %LIBL% and %CURLIB% or a specific library name. The string "*NONE" is used to indicate that no transform program is defined.

Viewing Fidelity

ID
ATTR_VIEWING_FIDELITY
Type
String
Description
The processing to take place when viewing a page of spooled file data (in page-at-a-time mode). Valid values are *ABSOLUTE and *CONTENT(default). To process all non-raster data (commands) prior to the current page, *ABSOLUTE is used. For SCS files, *CONTENT is used to process only open time commands plus the current page. For AFPDS files, *CONTENT is used to process the first page of data plus the current page.

VM/MVS Class

ID
ATTR_VMMVSCLASS
Type
String
Description
VM/MVS class. Valid values are A-Z and 0-9.

Waiting for Data Status

ID
ATTR_WTNGDATASTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer has written all the data currently in the spooled file and is waiting for more data. Possible values are *NO - the writer is not waiting for more data, *YES - the writer has written all the data currently in the spooled file and is waiting for more data. This condition occurs when the writer is producing an open spooled file with SCHEDULE(*IMMED) specified.

Waiting for Device Status

ID
ATTR_WTNGDEVSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is waiting to get the device from a job that is printing directly to the printer. Values are *NO - the writer is not waiting for the device, *YES - the writer is waiting for the device.

Waiting for Message Status

ID
ATTR_WTNGMSGSTS
Type
String
Description
Whether the writer is waiting for a reply to an inquiry message. Values are *NO and *YES.

When to Automatically End Writer

ID
ATTR_WTRAUTOEND
Type
String
Description
When to end the writer if it is to be ended automatically. Valid values are *NORDYF, *FILEEND. Attribute Automatically end writer must be set to *YES.

When to End Writer

ID
ATTR_WTREND
Type
String
Description
When to end the writer. Valid value are *CNTRLD, *IMMED, and *PAGEEND. This is different from when to automatically end the writer.

When to Hold File

ID
ATTR_HOLDTYPE
Type
String
Description
When to hold the spooled file. Valid values are *IMMED, and *PAGEEND.

Width of Page

ID
ATTR_PAGEWIDTH
Type
Float
Description
The width of a page. Units of measurement are specified in the measurement method attribute.

Workstation Customizing Object

ID
ATTR_WORKSTATION_CUST_OBJECT
Type
String
Description
The Integrated File System path of the workstation customizing object. The format of the Integrated File System path is "/QSYS.LIB/library.LIB/custobj.WSCST" where library is the library that contains the customization object and custobj is the name of the workstation customization object.

Writer Job Name

ID
ATTR_WRITER
Type
String
Description
The name of the writer job.

Writer Job Number

ID
ATTR_WTRJOBNUM
Type
String
Description
The writer job number.

Writer Job Status

ID
ATTR_WTRJOBSTS
Type
String
Description
The status of the writer job. Valid values are STR, END, JOBQ, HLD, MSGW.

Writer Job User Name

ID
ATTR_WTRJOBUSER
Type
String
Description
The name of the user that started the writer job.

Writer Started

ID
ATTR_WTRSTRTD
Type
String
Description
Indicates whether a writer is started for this printer. Values are 1 - yes a writer is started, 0 - no writer is started.

Writer Starting Page

ID
ATTR_WTRSTRPAGE
Type
Integer
Description
Specifies the page number of the first page to print from the first spooled file when the writer job starts. This is only valid if the spooled file name is also specified when the writer starts.

Writing Status

ID
ATTR_WRTNGSTS
Type
String
Description
Indicates whether the print writer is in writing status. Values are *YES - the writer is in writing status, *NO - the writer is not in writing status, *FILE - the writer is writing the file separators.

Network Print Server Object Attributes

NPS CCSID

ID
ATTR_NPSCCSID
Type
Integer
Description
CCSID that the Network Print Server expects that all strings will be encoded in.

NPS Level

ID
ATTR_NPSLEVEL
Description
The version, release, and modification level of the Network Print Server. This attribute is a character string encoded as VXRYMY (ie. "V3R1M0") where 
     X is in (0..9)
     Y is in (0..9,A..Z)