Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT)
PSF/AIX
Customer has 3900-0W1 TCP/IP connected to PSF/AIX. 3900 has Troy MICR
post-processor. On the 3900-0W1 control panel the printer can have its
"Jam Recovery Type" configuration option set to "Suppress MICR Jam
Repositioning". If it is set to this will PSFCTL backspacing "-b"
still work?
Thank you.
A:
I checked with both the AFCCU group and the owner of the backspace code
to verify exactly what the "Suppress MICR Jam Repositioning"
configuration setting means to PSF. Basically, this setting causes the
printer to tell PSF, when a jam occurs in the MICR post-processor, that
all of the pages beyond the printhead in the printer (i.e., the
Committed Page Counter) have successfully stacked. This prevents PSF
from resending any of the pages that were between the printhead and the
post-processor, and avoids any possible duplicate pages. It is then up
to the customer to manually reprint any pages which were lost in the
jam.
In general, 'psfctl -b' backspacing should work regardless of the
setting of the 'Jam Recovery Type' configuration option on the printer.
However, there is one case where setting this option to "Suppress MICR
Jam Repositioning" will affect backspacing. The case is this: When a
MICR post-processor jam occurs near the end of a job and the last page
of the job has already passed the printhead, the job will appear to PSF
to be completely stacked, at which point PSF will not honor a backspace
command back into the job.
I hope this helps. Thanks for using ViewBlue.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf/6000 psf/aix psf aix psfctl -b backspace micr jam recovery 3900
4000 Troy
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Dated: 01/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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