Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
Creating
and
Configuring
Queues
HPDPS
queues
receiv
e
jobs
from
the
sp o oler
and
manage
the
jobs
un
til
the
sp o oler
sc
hedules
them
to
ph
ysical
prin
ters.
Use
the
follo wing
pro cedures
to
create
and
congure
queues.
Y
ou
can
create
and
start
a
queue
from
SAM
or
from
the
command
line.
Creating
a
Queue
T
o
create
the
queue
Queue1
con
tained
in
sp o oler
Spool1 ,
en
ter:
pdcreate
-c
queue
Spool1:Queue1
Specifying
the
Queue
Scheduling
Method
HPDPS
determines
the
p osition
of
jobs
in
the
queue
b
y
the
order
that
the
jobs
w
ere
submitted
and
the
sc
heduling
metho d
of
the
queue.
When
jobs
prin
t
dep ends
on
their
p osition
in
the
queue
relativ
e
to
other
jobs;
for
congurations
with
m
ultiple
ph
ysical
prin
ters
it
also
dep ends
on
when
a
particular
prin
ter
b ecomes
a
v
ailable.
Supported
v
alues
for
the
sc
heduling
metho d
are
fifo
and
priority-fifo
.
The
default
v
alue
for
the
scheduler-ready
attribute
is
priority-fifo
.
T
o
c
hange
the
queue
sc
heduling
metho d
for
the
queue
Queue1
to
fifo ,
en
ter:
pdset
-c
queue
-x
scheduler-ready=fifo
Queue1
Alternativ ely
,
y
ou
can
set
the
queue
sc
heduling
metho d
when
y
ou
create
the
queue:
pdcreate
-c
queue
-x
scheduler-ready=fifo
Spool1:Queue1
Configuring
Spoolers,
Queues,
and
Logical
Printers
6-5
