How about:

:file x;dev=<ldev#>,1,1
:print someshortfile > *x

then check the error code

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brice Yokem" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] MPE Print Device Check


> I have been looking for an automated way to determine
> if a device is a print device.  I wanted to do this in a job,
> so that if a device is not a printer, it would skip part of the
> job and avoid a failure.
>
> I was hoping there was a way to set a variable somehow
> indicating the device type, so this type of check can be
> done at the colon prompt level, instead of having to write
> a program to do it.
>
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