ITEM: DJ4706L

How to create a physical printer and dedicated to a logical printer.

ENVIRONMENT:
 Model F30, AIX 4.1.5, PSM 1.2.1

PROBLEM:
 The customer has just added a new 3900 printer (a second one) and 
 would like to know how to add the printer as a physical printer,
 and have it dedicated to a logical printer.

ACTION TAKEN:
                Spooler         cdt-spl    
                Supervisor      cdt-suv  
                Queue           cdt-q      
                Physical Prt    3900-PP  
                Logical Prt     ORRN 

        The QUEUE "cdt-q" has eight(8) Logical Printer's.
                How can he setup a Logical printer so that submitted jobs
        are routed to a specific Physical Printer?

        Answer:  Use an IVJ (Initial Value Job) object.

We proceed to follow the instructions that I've herein outlined:
 1) Create a new logical printer using an existing template:drag-n-drop
   the "Open Printers Window Action" icon onto the QUEUE "cdt-q",
   using your right mouse button, click on the Logical printer object
   and "Save As Template".

                Template Name.... ornn-tp

                      ...OK
   This will add a new template to your "Logical Printer Templates"
   area.

   Drag-n-drop the new template "ornn-tp" into the Logical Printer
   "Work Area":
                Logical Printer's Name .... orrn-lp
                        
                                ...OK
           This action created a new LP using the template.

2) Create an IVJ(Initial-value-job):
     pdcreate -c initial-value-job -m "created on 08/12/97" -x
     "descriptor='IVJ for orrn-lp' physical-printers-requested=3900-P2"
     cdt-spl:orrn-lp_IVJ

   This can also be accomplished from within the PSMGUI, drag-n-drop
   the "Open Windows Action" icon onto the SPL server and then
   double clicking on the "System_IV_JOB" icon.

     pdset -c initial-value-job -s "physical-printers-requested=3900-P2" 
     cdt-spl:orrn-lp_IVJ

3) Associate the IVJ object with a logical printer:

     pdset -c printer -x "printer-initial-value-job=orrn-lp_IVJ" orrn-lp

   This can also be accomplished from within the PSMGUI, drag-n-drop
   the "Open Windows Action" icon onto the SPL, double clicking
   on the "Initial Value Jobs" icon, drag-n-drop the IVJ object
   onto the logical printer. No, you do not need to disable the 
   printer in order to accomplish this task.

4) Submitted a print test
        pdpr -p orrn-lp /etc/motd
           -it printed on the expected PhyPrt. 

5) If you would like to associate the physical printer with a different
   queue you can do:

      pddisable 3900-P2
      pdset -c printer -x "associated-queue=new_queue_name" cdt-spl:3900-P2
      pdenable 3900-P2
         Once these object are created, you cannot change their names.  These are
 non-settable attributes.  You must remove and re-add the objects with
 the desired name.



Support Line: How to create a physical printer and dedicated to a logical printer. ITEM: DJ4706L

Dated: August 1997 Category: N/A

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