Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
Setting
the
Message
A
ttribute
for
Spoolers
and
Spooler
Objects
Use
the
-m
ag
with
an
y
command
that
mo
dies
a
sp o oler,
logical
prin
ter,
queue,
or
initial
v
alue
ob
ject
to
set
the
text
of
the
message
attribute
for
that
ob
ject.
Y
ou
can
sp ecify
a
text
string
up
to
4095
c
haracters
in
length
that
describ es
the
mo
dications
y
ou
are
making.
F
or
example,
to
set
a
message
for
logical
prin
ter
LogPrt1
describing
wh
y
y
ou
are
disabling
the
logical
prin
ter,
en
ter:
pddisable
-c
printer
-m
"Disabling
LogPrt1
-
limiting
the
\
number
of
copies
you
can
to
1.
Submit
jobs
after
\
2:00
p.m.
6/12"
LogPrt1
After
y
ou
issue
this
command,
users
and
other
administrators
can
query
the
logical
prin
ter
for
information
ab out
wh
y
the
logical
prin
ter
no
longer
accepts
jobs.
F
or
example,
they
could
en
ter:
pdls
-c
printer
-r
message
LogPrt1
Y
ou
need
to
set
a
p olicy
of
ho
w
and
when
administrators
and
op erators
will
use
the
-m
ag
to
set
the
message
attribute.
Y
ou
might
decide
to
nev
er
use
the
ag
or
to
alwa
ys
use
it.
Alternativ
ely
,
y
ou
can
use
this
ag
whenev
er
y
ou
c
hange
the
state
of
a
sp o oler,
logical
prin
ter,
or
queue
for
a
signicant
p erio
d
of
time.
Y
ou
can
sp ecify
a
message
when
y
ou
disable
a
logical
prin
ter
or
pause
a
queue
for
more
than
an
hour,
but
not
if
y
ou
disable
or
pause
them
for
only
a
few
min
utes.
Y
ou
can
also
ha
v
e
a
p olicy
to
use
the
-m
ag
whenev
er
y
ou
mo
dify
an
ob
ject
with
the
pdset
command.
Y
ou
can
sp ecify
wh
y
the
v
alues
for
an
attribute
or
attributes
w
ere
c
hanged,
who
c
hanged
them,
and
when
the
c
hanges
w
ere
made.
Note
If
y
ou
mo
dify
an
ob
ject
and
use
the
-m
ag,
then
mo
dify
the
ob
ject
again
and
omit
the
-m
ag,
the
message
attribute
still
con
tains
the
text
that
y
ou
en
tered
when
y
ou
made
the
rst
mo
dication.
This
can
cause
users
querying
for
the
message
text
to
receiv
e
incorrect
information.
If
y
ou
decide
to
use
the
-m
ag,
y
ou
should
use
it
consisten
tly
to
prev
en
t
this
problem.
9-2
Managing
the
Spooler,
Logical
Printers,
and
Queues