/CHARACTERISTICS=(characteristic[,...])
/NOCHARACTERISTICS
Specifies the name or number of one or more characteristics to be
associated with the job. Characteristics can refer to such things
as color of ink. If you specify only one characteristic, you can
omit the parentheses.
A characteristic's number must range from 0 to 127. To see which
characteristics have been defined for your system, use the SHOW
QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command. To see which characteristics
are associated with a particular queue, use the SHOW QUEUE/FULL
command.
A print job can be processed on an execution queue if none, some,
or all of the characteristics associated with the queue also are
associated with the job. That is, the job's characteristics must
be a subset of the queue's characteristics. However, if any of
the characteristics associated with the job are not associated
with the queue, the job remains pending until one or more of the
following occurs:
o The characteristics specified with the queue are changed
to make the job's characteristics a subset of the
queue's characteristics (using, for example, the SET
QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command).
o The characteristics specified with the job are changed
to make the job's characteristics a subset of the
queue's characteristics (using, for example, the SET
ENTRY/CHARACTERISTICS command).
o The job is moved to a queue on which all the job's
characteristics have been specified (using, for example, the
SET ENTRY/REQUEUE command).
o The job is deleted (using, for example, the DELETE/ENTRY
command).