User's Manual

CHAPTER 8: IBM IPDS Printing

8.2.7 D

EFINE THE

RINTER TO

PSF/MVS

Each print server must be defined to PSF with a PRINTDEV statement in the

PSF/MVS startup procedure.

Currently, IBM does not supply a network printer-specific writer procedure.

(Remember that the print server appears to the IBM mainframe as a network

printer.) However, the APSWPROT sample from the APAR medium can be copied

and modified for network printers. Make sure that you specify 300-pel font libraries

even though the printer attached to the print server may higher resolutions. The

following is a sample procedure (PSFPROC) that can be modified to suit your

installation.

The following is a description of the statements to be used in the PSF Startup Proc:

FAILURE – Specifies the action that PFS/MVS takes after a printing failure or a

TCP/IP network failure. If FAILURE=WCONNECT and the print server is

connected to another host when PSF/MVS attempts to establish a connection on

TCP/IP, PSF/MVS continuously retries (up to the limit specified in CONNINTV)

until the print server becomes available. FAILURE=STOP stops the attempt to

connect the print server.

TIMEOUT – Specifies the action that PSF/MVS takes after a timeout when on

output is available on JES. The DISCINTV parameter specifies the timeout

interval. TIMEOUT=REDRIVE requests that PSF/MVS redrive the printer FSA

using the value of the MGMTMODE parameter. TIMEOUT=STOP requests that

PSF/MSV stop the printer FSA, which can then be restarted only by an operator

command.

MGMTMODE – Set this parameter to OUTAVAIL. OUTAVAIL requests that PSF

start a communications session with the print server only when output is available

on the JES spool.

DISCINTV – Specifies the disconnect interval in seconds. The value can range

from zero to 86,400. It is suggested that the setting be 15. When no output is

available from JES for this time period, PSF/MSV ends the session with the print

server. If the value is set to zero, PSF/MSV does not end the session because there

is no output.

IPADDR – Specifies the IP address of the print server. Replace the

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address you defined using the PrintControl utility (see

Section 4.1).

PORTNO – Specifies the TCP/IP socket that is used for AFP/IPDS printing. This

parameter must be 5001.