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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AH">13.7. Job State</a></h1>
<p>Options used:</p>
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<p><var class="LITERAL">ah</var> FLAG <span class=
"emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Automatically hold
jobs</i></span></p>
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<p>A job can be in the following state:</p>
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<p>Initial. This is the state during job submission. Jobs
in the initial state do not have any status displayed for
them.</p>
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<p>Held. Once a job is submitted, it can either be
printed or <span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">held</i></span>. The <var class=
"LITERAL">ah</var> printcap option specifies that all
jobs are automatically held on submission. The <tt class=
"COMMAND">lpc release</tt> and <tt class="COMMAND">lpc
redo</tt> command will cause these jobs to be printed and
the <b class="APPLICATION">lprm</b> command can remove
these jobs.</p>
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<li>
<p>Active. The job is being processed for printing or
transfer to another queue.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Pending. Jobs which can be printed but are not active.
This can be due to the printer being busy or the job
<span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">class</i></span> not being printed.</p>
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<p>Error. Jobs which have encountered an error during
printing. The <tt class="COMMAND">lpc release</tt> and
<tt class="COMMAND">lpc redo</tt> command will cause
these jobs to be printed and the <b class=
"APPLICATION">lprm</b> command can remove these jobs.</p>
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<p>Done. Jobs which have completed printing, but which
are not yet removed from the print queue. See the <span
class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS"><a href=
"normalterm.htm">save_when_done</a></i></span> flag for
more information. The <b class="APPLICATION">lprm</b>
command can remove these jobs.</p>
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<p>Normally the job sequences is initial, pending, active,
and done. However, a job may be put in the error state by
problems processing the job or by actions of the <b class=
"APPLICATION">lpc</b> command.</p>
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