I'm not sure if this is what you mean to ask but I have a udc command
that wrote called pfile (for print a file).

pfile spf
setvar pfile "!spf"
file !pfile;dev=200
print !spf>*!pfile

200 is a printer that hasn't been connected in years. You can give it
any file and it will spool it with it's own dfid and name as
filename... Then I can send it to which ever printer I want after
that. It copies real fast and it works :)


:pfile time.pub
:showout
:DEV/CL   DFID       JOBNUM  FNAME    STATE FRM SPACE RANK PRI #C

 200      #O5164     #S40    TIME     READY       1584    D 8   1

:spoolf  5164;dev=100;copies=1;pri=13


As far as I know it works for files with special printer pcl codes
imbedded in the file. But I'm not sure if thats what special forms
is....

-G

Ps. I use the term "I wrote" loosely. Read: I saw something similar
and slightly modifyed it to suit my needs, It might have come out of
diercks sys admin book, or even this list.. Sorry but I can't
recall....



On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:07:56 -0700, donna garverick
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hi everyone!
>
> a couple of questions about respooling spoolfiles...  it's a relatively
> simple thing to make a copy (or rename) a spoolfile these
> days...however, i'm wonder if anyone has a good procedure for
> respooling a spoolfile that's no longer in hpspool?
>
> just to add to the fun....what if the spoolfile in question is a
> special forms print file?  is there a way to get it properly respooled?
>           - d

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