[Info-vax] Can't find file retained on error

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

AEF wrote 2011-02-24 18:31:
> On Feb 24, 11:00 am, abrsvc<dansabrservi... at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> On Feb 24, 9:35 am, AEF<spamsink2... at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 23, 9:42 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
>>
>>> Koehler) wrote:
>>>> In article<631245ee-21da-46a2-9d83-7fc48863e... at y30g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, tadamsmar<tadams... at yahoo.com>  writes:
>>
>>>>> Does the "completed time" indicate that the file was eventually
>>>>> printed at that time?   Sometimes the completed time is much later
>>>>> than the submitted time (on the the examples I posted).  These files
>>>>> were logger message and I guess they were printed out of order if the
>>>>> printing was delayed to the completion time.
>>
>>>>     I suspect the file was printed at that time.  One of the reasons
>>>>     for having queues is to ask for work that will happen later, for
>>>>     a variety of reasons.
>>
>>> Interestingly, sometimes the file is printed somewhat later. At one
>>> place I worked, the secretaries complained that the get messages
>>> telling them the print job was done (I forget exactly what and how).
>>> They said that they would go to the printer and the output wasn't
>>> there yet. (They were using ALLIN1 with WordPerfect). So it took a
>>> while sometimes before the printer was done (other jobs in the way -
>>> printer being slow - etc.). I tried to explain it to them, but they
>>> were understandably annoyed. Oh well.
>>
>>> AEF
>>
>> The completion message is fro the queue and indicates that the file
>> was correctly and completely transmitted.  If the file is buffered
>> within the printer (which is common), than there could be a difference
>> between the reported completion time and the actual print time.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Yes, I know. That's precisely what I had trouble explaining to them! I
> thought I mentioned such things. No problemo.
>
> AEF

Without seeing the specific message, it could also be a message
from Allin1 saying the that the "print jobb was done", which could
meen "sent to the print queue system". That would better explaint the
additional wait for the actual printout being in the printer tray.
I have no idea how Allin1 did this...