The Display  Writer Status  command displays  the status  of a  writer.
The  printer  device name  must  be  entered.   No  change options  are
supported.    This allows  typical end  users  to determine  the writer
status without providing options to change.

The TAA command RTVWTRSTS is used which uses the API QSPRWTRI.

A typical command would be:

             DSPWTRSTS   PRTDEV(PRT01)

The current status of the writer would be displayed.

IPDS Printers
-------------

If an  IPDS printer  is used,  the  information on  the DSPWTR  subfile
display or with  Option 5 (Display Writer Status)  will rarely show the
specifics  of the  spooled  file.   This is  due to  the fact  that the
entire  spooled  file   is  sent  to  the   device  and  the   specific
information such as the page being printed is not known.

DSPWTRSTS escape messages you can monitor for
---------------------------------------------

      TAA9893    The writer is not active

Escape messages from based on functions will be re-sent.

DSPWTRSTS Command parameters                          *CMD
----------------------------

   PRTDEV        The printer  device.  The  printer device name  is the
                 same name  as the writer.   The library value defaults
                 to *LIBL.


Restrictions
------------

None.

Prerequisites
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The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     EDTVAR          Edit variable
     RSNLSTMSG       Resend last message
     RTVOUTQA        Retrieve output queue attributes
     RTVWTRSTS       Retrieve writer status
     SNDESCINF       Send escape information
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
--------------

None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
------------------------

   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   DSPWTRSTS     *CMD                   TAAPRTP       QATTCMD
   TAAPRTPC      *PGM       CLP         TAAPRTPC      QATTCL
   TAAPRTPD      *FILE      DSPF        TAAPRTPD      QATTDDS