Re: Preventing printing of spool files

You can also create your own job description that sets the output queue, and attach that to your profile. Then it’s automatic every time you sign on.

Also create a CL that will set up your environment as you would choose it to be and make that your initial program.

Lots of options, these are only two, and others have provided good suggestions.

That said, I’d stay away from the diskette reader (QDKT), who knows how long that will be around and it might create some interesting results if someone starts that device.. (although support for diskette readers has been long gone)




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On Jan 29, 2026, at 12:58 PM, stefan@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Unless I'm on the same system you will likely be the only one using outq QDKT 🙂so change your userprofile to QDKT.
But no - this is not fully foolproof.


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Stefan



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Subject: Preventing printing of spool files

I've probably asked about this before.

On some customer boxes, I occasionally run into the problem of
unintended printing of spool files: it needlessly wastes their paper,
and clutters printers that are often over two thousand miles away from
me with stuff that's of no conceivable use to them, while denying me
access to compilation listings &c.

Is there a simple way, without having to create a dummy queue or device,
to guarantee that no spool files created from my user profile are ever
routed to an active printer?

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