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

[AEF]

On Feb 24, 1:59 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
wrote:
> AEF wrote 2011-02-24 18:31:
>
>
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> > On Feb 24, 11:00 am, abrsvc<dansabrservi... at yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >> On Feb 24, 9:35 am, AEF<spamsink2... at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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> >>> 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...

No. It meant that the queue had finished processing the print job. It
did NOT mean a successful submission to the queue.

AEF