Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
it
b efore
the
calculation
o ccurs.
In
either
case,
y
ou
will
not
receiv
e
a
notication
message.
2.
If
the
in
terv
al
is
smaller
A
smaller
in
terv
al
generally
results
in
larger
increases
and
decreases
in
the
v
alue
of
the
queue-backlog
attribute.
The
smaller
the
in
terv
al,
the
less
likely
that
jobs
are
added
to
or
subtracted
from
the
queue
with
equal
frequency
.
Also,
the
addition
or
subtraction
of
a
single
large
job
will
ha
v
e
more
of
an
eect
with
a
smaller
in
terv
al
b ecause
the
calculated
v
alue
is
not
a
v
eraged
out
b
y
the
greater
p ossible
n
um
b er
of
smaller
jobs
added
to
or
subtracted
from
the
queue.
The
greater
the
c
hange
in
the
queue
bac
klog
v
alue,
the
greater
the
c
hance
that
the
v
alue
will
cross
the
upp er
or
low
er
bac
klog
b oundaries.
If
the
v
alue
crosses
one
of
the
b oundaries,
the
bac
klog
state
c
hanges
and
y
ou
can
receiv
e
a
notication
message,
dep ending
on
ho
w
y
ou
ha
v
e
set
the
notication
prole
for
the
queue
or
the
sp o oler.
Note:
Calculating
the
bac
klog
v
alue
requires
sp o oler
pro cessing
time.
Y
ou
should
sp ecify
a
bac
klog
in
terv
al
v
alue
that
pro
vides
y
ou
with
adequate
notication
and
that
do es
not
place
to
o
m
uc
h
demand
on
the
sp o oler.
Responding
to
Queue
Backlog
When
HPDPS
noties
y
ou
of
a
bac
klogged
queue,
y
ou
m
ust
decide
ho
w
to
resp ond.
First
y
ou
will
w
an
t
to
determine
the
sev
erity
of
the
bac
klog
with
resp ect
to
the
bac
klog
limit.
Then
y
ou
will
w
an
t
to
determine
the
size
and
states
of
the
jobs
in
the
queue,
and
whether
jobs
are
assigned
to
ph
ysical
prin
ters.
Use
the
follo
wing
pro cedure
to
determine
the
sev
erity
of
the
bac
klog
and
to
view
information
ab out
jobs
in
the
queue.
1.
T
o
determine
the
sev
erity
of
the
bac
klog,
query
the
v
alues
of
all
of
the
queue
attributes
that
reect
whether
the
queue
is
bac
klogged
and
that
HPDPS
uses
to
calculate
the
bac
klogged
status.
F
or
example,
to
query
the
queue
bac
klog
attributes
of
the
queue
Queue3 ,
en
ter:
pdls
-c
queue
-s
column
-r
queue-name,queue-state,\
backlogged,
queue-backlog,backlog-upper-bound,\
backlog-lower-bound,
backlog-update-interval
Queue3
Managing
the
Spooler,
Logical
Printers,
and
Queues
9-25