About This Manual

The Command Reference Guide provides the information needed to maintain and operate the Advanced Printing Software printing system. The command line interface, or CLI, provides access to all of the Advanced Printing Software functionality. With the CLI, you are allowed to function within the Advanced Printing Software printing system by entering commands either directly on the command line or through shell scripts.

Audience

This manual provides specific information about the commands that are used to manage, monitor, and submit print jobs to the Advanced Printing Software. This guide is intended for administrators, operators, and users of the printing system.

Organization

This manual consists of the following sections:

Related Documentation

In addition to this manual, the following documents and online help volumes are available to support the use and administration of the print system:

Advanced Printing Software Installation Guide Describes how to install the Advanced Printing Software subsets.
Advanced Printing Software System Administration and Operation Guide Describes how to configure and manage the Advanced Printing Software printing system.
Advanced Printing Software User Guide Describes how to submit and monitor print jobs using the Advanced Printing Software command line interface.
GUI Help Files Help volumes are accessible from the pdprintadmin, pdprint, and pdprintinfo GUI client files.

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Conventions

This document uses the following typographical and symbol conventions:

%
$

A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

[ | ]
{ | }

In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.

colored text

In syntax definitions, literal elements are colored green. Variable values, placeholders, and function argument names are colored red. No special colored text is used outside of syntax descriptions.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.