Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)
PSF/AIX
A customer here in Brazil wants to know if he can transfer all the file
before printing, using the PSF Direct solution.
I think that the PSF Direct session between the mainframe and the RISC
needs a printer in "Ready status". Could we bring this printer down and
tranfer all the file and then print it? Could we use a "virtual
printer", like print to file, using PSF Direct?
Could you help us?
A:
PSF Direct sends down IPDS data since it thinks it is talking to an
IPDS printer (when in fact it is talking to the Host Receiver code
in PSF). So this is not a datastream you could save to file and
print later (since IPDS is not an accepted *input* data stream to
PSF/AIX).
What does the customer really want to accomplish?
-- Is he looking for an SNA-based file transfer program simply to move
data between the mainframe and the RS/6000? AIX 3270 Host
Connectivity facility (HCON) does have a fxfer program, and the
Communications Server for AIX product (I believe) has a LU6.2-based
FTP program. Or there may be business partner or third-party
products that would support bulk data transfer.
-- Or is he looking for a print solution where the print files are
transferred or spooled to the RS/6000, then the print is managed
from there?
-- If the latter, is SNA a requirement? If not, then MVS Download
or IP PrintWay with TCP/IP would be the recommended solution.
Please provide additional information on the customer's underlying
objective, and we'll do our best to help.
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf/6000 psf/aix psf aix direct ipds spooling operator control
sna tcp/ip dpf virtual printer Infoprint
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000157519 ITEM: RTA000157519
Dated: 08/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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