Held OUTQ

I learned a new one today.

One of our print devices (P6) was not printing.  WRKWTR showed it
started and released properly.  I put an 8 in front of it to show the
OUTQ.  The spool files were listed normally.  Didn't understand what was
happening.

Then I noticed at the top of the screen it said:

        Status:   HLD/WTR

But the writer wasn't held.  I couldn't release it.  I could hold it,
then release it, but it still showed held.  Stopped and started the
writer.  No good.  Power cycled the printer.  No luck.  Was about ready
to delete/recreate the device description thinking it was damaged, but I
decided to do a WRKOUTQ *ALL first.  Lo and behold, it showed the _OUTQ_
as held.  I didn't know you could do that.  Put a 6 in front of it to
release it and away it went.

I've been using an AS/400 since almost it's inception.  I didn't know
until today that an OUTQ could be held/released independantly of the
writer.  The rest of you are probably thinking what a moron <g>.  I
wonder who held it and why.

Learn something new every day.

--
-Jeff

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.