Sharing The Iseries Printer On The Network; Printer Sharing Parameters - InfoPrint 6500 Series User Manual

Chapter 7

Sharing The iSeries Printer On The Network

Sharing The iSeries Printer On The Network
To support printer sharing, your printer automatically switches among all
attached ports (serial, twinax/coax, LAN). Basically, the printer prints jobs for
one port until no new jobs appear and the port "times out." The printer then
switches to the next port and does the same thing.
To change the default "time out" value for a port, update the TIMEOUT value
for the port on the appropriate menu (Serial Interface, Ethernet Parameters,
Twinax Interface, or Coax Interface).

Printer Sharing Parameters

To set up iSeries for printer sharing, set the following parameters.
Where Set Parameter
CRTPSFCFG ACTRLSTMR
CHGPSFCFG
CRTPSFCFG RLSTMR
CHGPSFCFG
CRTDEVPRT ACTTMR
CHGDEVPRT
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Table 8. Printer Sharing
Recommended
Value
*NORDYF Specifies the point at which the release timer
(RLSTMR) is activated. Set to *NORDYF. This
means that the release timer is activated
when there are no spooled files in the printer's
output queue with a status of RDY and the
last page of the last spooled file processed
has printed. *NORDYF is used so that all files
with a status of RDY are printed before
releasing the session (which does not
terminate the writer).
*SEC15 Specifies the amount of time to wait before a
session or dialog is released without
terminating the writer. The ACTRLSTMR
parameter specifies when this timer is to be
activated. Set the parameter to a value at
least equal to the TIMEOUT value on the
printer. The recommended value is *SEC15.
*NOMAX The value specifies the number of seconds
that PSF will wait for a printer to respond to an
activation request. If only one system will be
using the printer, use the default value (170
seconds). If more than one system will be
using the printer, set the value to *NOMAX,
which causes PSF to wait indefinitely for a
response to an activation request.
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