Re: Keeping spool files from being sent to a printer -- can somebody refresh my memory?

When you first sign-on, issue:

OVRPRTF FILE(*PRTF) TOFILE(*FILE) HOLD(*YES)

That should do it ...

On Monday, May 23, 2022, 01:32:15 PM EDT, James H. H. Lampert via

MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I vaguely remember dealing with this before, but it's been a long time.

We've just been given access to a customer box, and I've discovered that
if I try to compile something, the compilation listing is sent to a
started printer.

If I look at the user profile, I see PRTDEV(*WRKSTN) and OUTQ(*WRKSTN),
and if I do a DSPJOB on my terminal session, I see that I'm going to
PRT01, which is a real printer with a writer job.

Is there any trick to making sure my spool files never go to a started
printer, without having to find out whether there's a "guaranteed never
to be started" printer device on the system?

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