Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270E

The following screens show areas of the Printer Inventory Manager involved with the definition of the TN3270E printers.

  1. At main panel, select option 4 to look at the FSS definition.
    InfoPrint Server: Printer Inventory Manager
    Option ===>
    
    Printer Definitions
      1 Add     Add a printer definition
      2 List    List printer definitions
      3 Select  Select printer definitions to list
    
    Other Functions
      4 FSS/FSA/Pool      Manage other inventory definitions
      5 PrintWay Queue    View IP PrintWay transmission queue
      6 PrintWay Message  View IP PrintWay message log
      7 Configure         Change panel configuration
    
    
                 Printer Definition List    Row 17 of 23
  2. Select option 5 from this panel to list the FSSs.
    FSA, FSS, and Pool Management
    Option ===>
    
    FSA
      1 Add      Add an FSA
      2 List     List FSAs
      3 Select   Select FSAs to list
    
    FSS
      4 Add      Add an FSS
      5 List     List FSSs
      6 Select   Select FSSs to list
    
    Pool of Printer Definitions
      7 Add      Add a Pool
      8 List     List Pools
      9 Select   Select Pools to list
  3. From the panel below, browse the PRINTWAY FSS to see how the TN3270E FSS was defined.
                  FSS List             Row 1 of 3
    Command ===>                       Scroll ===> HALF
    
    Actions:
     A-Add B-Browse C-Copy D-Delete E-Edit
    A FSS Name Type Description
    = ======== ====
    ==============================================================
    B PRINTWAY IPPW APPLID for TN3270E Printers APIPP101
     PRT10 IPPW Howard's PrintWay FSS
     WTRES700 PSF Howard's FSS
    ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************

    The panel below shows how the FSS (PRINTWAY) is associated with its VTAM Applid APIPP101.

    Browse IP PrintWay FSS
    Command ==>
    
    FSS name. . . PRINTWAY
    Description . APPLID for TN3270E Printers APIPP101     (extend)
    
      Old-style translation
     Hiperspace blocks . .
     TCP/IP job name . . .
     Document code page. .
     Applid. . . . . . . . APIPP101
     National language . . 1  1. English 2. Japanese
     Trace mode. . . . . . 1  1. None 2. Internal 3. No printing 4. Full
       Trace prompt
       Trace table size .
  4. Next look at the printer definition for the DSE (LU_3) printer in the printer inventory.
  5. Select option 2 from the Printer Inventory Manager main panel, to list the printers.
    Command ===>                       Scroll ===> HALF
    
    Actions:
    A-Add B-Browse C-Copy D-Delete E-Edit X-Chg type
    A Printer Name   Type Description Location   DEST   C FORMS   LU Name
    = ============   ==== =========== ========   ====== = =====   =======
      PRT717         PSF  6500 IPDS   B5 lab     PRT717 Y
    B VTAM_DSE1      IPPW A TN327E Pri IMPACT LAB       K
      VTAM_SCS1      IPPW A TN327E Pri IMPACT LAB       J
      VTAM_SCS2      IPPW                               L
    ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************
  6. While browsing VTAM_DSE1, notice that the DSC printer is defined to IPS as a COAX attached printer.
    Browse           IP PrintWay Printer Definition
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_DSE1
    Description . A TN327E Printer using the DSE (LU_3) Datastream. (extend)
    Location. . . IMPACT LAB (extend)
    
                          Component name        Custom values
    Section               (enter to browse)     (enter to browse)
    Allocation            =>                    => *
    Processing            =>                    => *
    NetSpool options      =>                    =>
    NetSpool end-of-file  =>                    =>
    IP PrintWay options   =>                    => *
    Protocol              =>                    => *
    
    / Use DEST, CLASS, and FORMS for IP PrintWay printer selection
    NetSpool LU name .    LU classes . .        (extend)
    The following panel shows the Allocation section of the setup, where the printer is associated with Class K jobs.
    Browse                         Allocation
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_DSE1
    
                                   More: +
    
    Spool allocation values:
     CLASS . . . . K  LINECT. . .
     DEST. . . . .    PRMODE. . .
     JES node. . .    PRTY. . . .
     FCB . . . . .    SEGMENT . .
     FLASH count .    THRESHLD. .
     FLASH name. .    UCS . . . .
    
    FORMS . . . .     WRITER. . .
     GROUPID . . .
     USERDATA
     . .                          (extend)
     BURST . . . .    1. Yes 2. No
     HOLD. . . . .    1. Yes 2. No
     OUTDISP . . .    1. Purge 2. Leave 3. Keep 4. Hold 5. Write
    Values for Separator Pages:
     Address
     . .                          (extend)
     Building . .
    In the IP Printway options, retry time, retry limit, and response timeout is already for the printer.
    Note: The values of these settings are account specific. Other values may best serve your printing environment.
    Browse                         IP PrintWay Options
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_DSE1
    
                                         More: +
    
    Retention period:
     Successful. . . .        Failure . .
    Retry time . . . . . 0000:05:00
    Retry limit. . . . . 2
    
    Connection timeout . 30
    Response timeout . . 100
    Exits:
     Begin data set. .        End data set. .         Record. .
    
    
    Document header . .                              (extend)
      / Translate document header
    Document trailer . .                             (extend)
      / Translate document trailer
    Dataset grouping . . 2 1. None 2. Job 3. Concatenate job
    
    Formatting:
      Line termination. . . .
    Browse                         IP PrintWay Options
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_DSE1
    
                                         More: -
    
    Document header . .                  (extend)
     / Translate document header
    Document trailer . .                 (extend)
     / Translate document trailer
    Dataset grouping . . 2 1. None 2. Job 3. Concatenate job
    
    Formatting:
     Line termination. . . .
     Transparent data char . 35
     Carriage control type . 2 1. None 2. Machine 3. ANSI
     Delete form feed. . . . 4 1. None 2. Leading 3. Trailing 4. Both
     Formatting. . . . . . .   1. None 2. Standard
                               3. Translate only 4. Use FCB
     PostScript header . . .   1. Add  2. Ignore
                               3. Landscape 4. Always landscape
      Omit line termination at EOF
    The following shows where the VTAM parameters were set for the printer. For the DSE printer we chose RMT3 and the logmode of LU3PRT.
    Browse                  VTAM Protocol
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_DSE1
    
    Printer LU name. . . RMT3
    
    VTAM Processing Options:
     Printer logmode. . . LU3PRT
     Checkpoint pages . . 5
      Send as transparent data
    The next panel shows these settings for the SCS printer.
    Browse                        VTAM Protocol
    Command ==>
    
    Printer definition name . VTAM_SCS1
    
    Printer LU name. . . RMT2
    
    VTAM Processing Options:
     Printer logmode. . . SCS
     Checkpoint pages . . 5
      Send as transparent data
    The last thing you need to configure is the printer.
    Note: A this time, InfoPrint Server and all related LUs should be active.

    Using the printer's web pages go to the configuration screen