Larry Byler writes:

<<I think Barry's question had to do with why print requests do not generate
REPLY requests as tapes do.  Tapes (and terminals) are the only devices
that generate REPLY requests -- it's been that way since the beginning.
Printers do not.>>

However, you could put a forms message on every such spoolfile and let the
console operator alter the spoolfile.

Leonard Berkowitz