Spooler Plus Utilities Reference Manual

RPSetup Utility
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Interspooler Threads
The numbers in Figure 5-2 mark the following elements:
When setting up the interspooler threads to cross-connect the two spoolers, RPSetup
issues the following kinds of commands to change the spooler configuration.
Examples of these commands are shown in the spooler control files on node \APPL in
Figure 5-2.
1,2 Mark the definition of the interspooler threads. Each is a device
configured as a collector (\PRNT.$S ...) and uses print process $SPLX
(which is a process name for the FASTP program) to control the
interspooler thread.
3,4,5 Mark the definition of particular locations with cross-connections to
remote node \PRNT. These locations, rather than being associated with
a local printer, are associated with an interspooler thread to transfer jobs
to \PRNT.$S for subsequent printing on printers associated with those
particular location names.
6 Marks the print process managing the interspooler threads. When print
jobs are sent to the locations associated with interspooler threads,
FASTP transfers the jobs as directed by the configuration to a collector
on the remote node.
1§,2§ Mark the interspooler threads. Each is a path for print jobs from one
spooler to another.
3+,4+,5+ Mark the definition of remote (target) locations for print jobs sent through
the interspooler threads. For example, a print job sent to LOC
#OFFICE.P2 on \APPL is transferred to the spooler collector on \PRNT to
LOC #OFFICE.P2 for printing on the associated printer $LASER.#B.
PRINT Print process $SPLX (default process name for the FASTP print process),
which controls spooler-to-spooler transfers through the interspooler
threads. FASTP is the most efficient print process supplied by the spooler
subsystem for this task.
DEV Device configured as a collector, which is an interspooler thread.
LOC Location associating a remote printer with an interspooler thread.