Administrators can use the following Show Spool Printing Interfaces and TCP/IP Print Drivers:By utilizing the MVS Functional Subsystem Interface, Spool can run as the system spool for PSF, and can take over the spooling functions of JES2 or JES3.Spool can also supply line mode and page mode files to PSF for printing on all types of PSF-attached AFP printers. Users can control remote AFP printers such as the IBM 3812-2, IBM 3816, IBM 3820, IBM 3825, IBM 4028-NS1, as well as non-IBM AFP printers.High-performance centralized AFP printers are also supported by the PSF interface. These include, for example, IBM 3800-3, IBM 3900, IBM 3827, and IBM 3835. Because the Spool PSF interface uses a standard interface to PSF, new AFP printer announcements by IBM are automatically supported bySpool .Xerox Printer Access Facility (XPAF) Xerox Printer Access Facility (XPAF) is the Xerox host software that allows Xerox DJDE/Metacode, AFP, PCL, and PostScript documents to be printed on Xerox printers that are connected through channel or through SNA or TCP/IP networks. By utilizing the MVS Functional Subsystem Interface Spool can run as the system spool for XPAF, and provide functions similar to those available in theSpool PSF printer interface.For more information about XPAF, see the Xerox XPAF documentation .PSS from MPI Tech supports formatting and printing of AFP data on PCL and PostScript printers. By utilizing the MVS Functional Subsystem Interface, Spool can run as the system spool for PSS and provide functions similar to those available in theSpool PSF printer interface.For more information, see the PSS documentation .Advanced Laser Printer Interface The Advanced Laser Printer interface uses the built-in formatting functions and fonts that are provided by desktop laser printers. This means that it is unnecessary to add device-dependent printer-control sequences to the print files. Sample code is provided for HP-LaserJet and Xerox 4045 printers, but it is also possible to use this interface for other printers. The following Spool parameters are supported and have been adapted from AFP:FORMDEF -- Specifies formatting at the start of the file; can be used to request an overlay to be printed along with the data. PAGEDEF -- Specifies formatting at the start of the file; used to specify the line density and the default font. CHARS -- Indicates that a maximum of four fonts can be specified. TRCs can be used in the print file to specify where to use one of the four fonts. This makes it possible to print files formatted by DCF for the IBM 3800-1. The Spool Advanced Laser Printer interface ensures that identical line mode files that are sent to HP-LaserJet, Xerox 4045 printers, or AFP printers can be printed with almost identical results.Sites that use IBM Communications ServerTCP/IP Services can configure Spool to send reports to remote TCP/IP hosts or printers for printing.Many new printers are delivered with networking support pre-installed so they can be connected directly to the network; this allows users from different operating environments to sharea physical printer. These new printers support multiple communication protocols like IPX/SPX, NetBIOS, and TCP/IP, and multiple network operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux. The same kind of networking support can be provided to existing printers using external network adapters. In many ways, these network-attached printers can be considered as small, stand-alone print servers. When used with the TCP/IP communication protocol, these printers have their own TCP/IP address and they have built-in LPD (Line Print Daemon) support; therefore, they are able to receive and process LPR and IPP print requests from any TCP/IP, LPR/LPD, or IPP supporting platform. The Original LPR/LPD Protocol The LPR/LPD protocol was originally designed to send a print request from a workstation to a remote print server, not directly to a remote printer; therefore, once an LPR request has been started, it is not possible to interfere with it. Printer commands like forward-space or backspace, and file status check pointing are not supported. The only way that you can check the status of your printout is by walking to the printer and checking to see if the expected physical pages have been successfully printed. The TCP/IP PrintDirect Protocol Now, in addition to the LPR/LPD protocol, some of the printer vendors' products, like HP JetDirect, Lexmark Marknet, IBM NP Series, and AXIS also support bi-directional TCP/IP application protocols. HP calls this protocol for TCP/IP Direct Mode printing. Other vendors call this protocol Reverse Telnet, Direct Sockets Interface or TCP/IP Stream protocol. We are using the termPrintDirect protocol.Hewlett-Packard has developed a special Job Control Language for printing called Printer Job Language (PJL). Using PJL, it is possible to switch printer language, monitor printer status, request printer model and configuration, change default or job printer configuration parameters, and obtain control panel messages. As most printer vendors support PCL nowadays, they also support PJL to some extent. PJL has become a de facto standard for printer job control. The PrintDirect support is based on PJL. Using the PJL protocol, it has been possible to implement the same kind of recovery and end-user control for TCP/IP-attached printers that we have for VTAM- and PSF-attached printers. Benefits of PrintDirect Support The benefits that are provided by the TCP/IP PrintDirect support are summarized as follows:
The TCP/IP print features are packed as print drivers, which can be selected at the printer node level. The following TCP/IP print drivers are supported. For more details about these drivers, see TCP/IP PrintDirect. The basic TCP/IP LPR print driver supports:
Most printers support IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). The new IPP print driver may be used to send print requests to remote IPP printers, remote IPP print servers, and remote CUPS IPP servers over the Internet. The basic IPP print driver supports FCB-controlled formatting of ASA and machine carriage control print files and print data translation. This driver supplies translation tables for many EBCDIC code pages to Microsoft Windows 3.1, and Latin 1. Some TCP/IP-attached printers, in addition to the LPR/LPD protocol, also support a simple protocol for receiving one buffer of raw print data at a time over port 9100 or other ports. HP calls this protocol for TCP/IP Direct Mode printing. Other vendors call this protocol Reverse Telnet, Direct Sockets Interface, TCP/IP Stream protocol, or TCP/IP socket gateway. If your printer supports bi-directional PJL, then use the PJL5 print driver instead of the DSO print driver. Activate this support by specifying TCPDRIV=DSO in the printer node definition. This performs the same functions as the standard LPR printer driver. Some HP LaserJet-compatible printers must be informed about the actual printer language of the subsequent print data to be able to print it. This is typically done using a PJL ENTER LANGUAGE command. The support is activated by specifying TCPDRIV=PJL on the printer node definition. TCP/IP LPR PJL print driver support provides:
Not all HP LaserJet-compatible printers have PJL support. To better utilize these non-PJL printers, PCL-based automatic print formatting has been added. This support is activated by specifying TCPDRIV=PCL5 on the printer node definition. TCP/IP LPR PCL5 print driver support provides:
Many HP LaserJet-compatible printers support an extended set of PJL, which allows job separation, print job configuration, and printer configuration. This extended PJL support is activated by specifying TCPDRIV=PJL4 on the printer node definition. TCP/IP LPR PJL4 print driver support provides all of the LPR PJL print driver support. The following features have been added:
Some HP LaserJet-compatible printers support PJL status read-back from the printer to the host, which can be used to query the printer configuration and the printer status information, and to receive unsolicited printer and print job status information. This is bi-directional PJL support; it is used to implement the Spool TCP/IP PrintDirect support. Activate this support by specifying TCPDRIV=PJL5 on the printer node definition.TCP/IP PJL5 PrintDirect driver support provides:
The LCDS print driver routes print files to Xerox DocuSP printers. The LCDS print driver supports:
The BARR print driver routes print files in the 'Mainframe IP Record Format' to BARR printers over the TCP/IP network using the LPR/LD protocol. The BARR print driver supports:
The IPDS print driver prints IPDS files with PRMODE=PAGE and FCB=ASIS using the TCP/IP direct sockets carrying-protocol. The Data Set print driver automatically copies Spool files into MVS data sets or USS HFS or ZFS files.The Data Set Print Driver supports:
The Email print driver automatically distributes Spool print files including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files by email.The Email Print Driver supports:
The ESF print driver automatically writes all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly into a Spool system. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports before they are stored inSpool .The ESF Print Driver supports:
A JES print driver automatically writes all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly into Dispatch ,Deliver ,Bundl or JES. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports before they are stored inDispatch ,View andBundl . They can be viewed usingWeb Viewer using Acrobat Reader, the native web browser, or Microsoft Word.The JES Print Driver supports:
The SAR print driver automatically writes all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly into a View report database. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports before they are stored inView , from where they can be viewed throughWeb Viewer using Acrobat Reader, the native Web Browser or Microsoft Word.The SAR Print Driver supports:
The FTP print driver automatically sends all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly to remote FTP servers running on various platforms for further processing. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports while they are being sent. The FTP Print Driver supports:
The SFTP print driver automatically sends all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly to remote SFTP servers running on various platforms for further processing. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports while they are being sent. The SFTP Print Driver supports:
The XCOM print driver automatically sends all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files directly to remote XCOM Data Transport serves running on various platforms for further processing. Text files can be converted to PDF/HTML/RTF reports while they are being sent.The XCOM Print Driver supports:
Connect Direct Print Driver The Connect:Direct print driver automatically sends all types of files, including PDF, HTML, and RTF wrapped text files using Sterling Commerce's Connect:Direct file transfer product to remote Connect:Direct servers running on various platforms for further processing. The Connect:Direct Print Driver supports:
The SharePoint print driver automatically transfers all types of files, including PDF, HTML, and RTF wrapped text files directly to remote SharePoint servers running on Windows Servers for further processing. The SHRP - SharePoint Print Driver supports:
Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) is an open standard that lets different content management systems inter-operate over the Internet. Specifically, CMIS defines an abstraction layer for controlling diverse document management systems and repositories using web protocols. The CMIS print driver automatically transfers all types of files, including PDF, HTML, and RTF wrapped text files directly to remote CMIS-enabled ECM systems for further processing. The CMIS print driver supports:
Use this print driver to automatically transfer all types of Spool print files, including PDF, HTML, and RTF wrapped text files directly to IBM MQ for z/OS for further processing.The MQM print driver supports:
Use this print driver to automatically store all types of files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files, as Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) in IBM DB2 for z/OS databases using the OAM – Object Access Method. The DB2 OAM print driver supports:
Use the CSSMTP print driver to automatically send Spool print files, including PDF, HTML, and RTF wrapped text files by email using the Communication Server SMTP (CSSMTP) application.The CSSMTP print driver supports:
TCP/IP Printer Definitions This example shows printer definitions for three TCP/IP-attached printers:
TCP/IP Email Notification You can use the email notification support to inform printer administrators and end users about print completion or print failure via email. The new email notification support works the same as the SMTP email print driver MAILSTAT support, except that it works for all Spool TCP/IP print drivers.Activate email notification support on the printer level or at the file level. Pull printing is a printing feature where a user print job is held on a server, referred to as server-based pull printing , or on a user's workstation, also known asserverless pull printing . These print jobs are then released by the user at any printing device which supports this feature. In other words, they arepulled to the printer. Various software products exist that support pull printing. A user must first be authenticated at the printer, either using embedded software such as a pin code entry or an external device like a smartcard. Then the user can select from the list of print jobs they want to release at that device. Some systems also allow delegation where the user can access print jobs that are submitted by other users or systems.You can use Spool with various Pull Printing products. The main challenge is to have the end user network logon ID (userid) assigned to reports coming fromSpool . You can do this in the following ways:
Which is a common interface for printers and other devices?USB is a common interface for printers and other devices.
What are the 4 types of printers commonly used?While many of the printers we'll discuss can multitask for a range of common print jobs, others are much more specialized.. Inkjet printers. ... . Laser printers. ... . All-in-one printers. ... . Supertank printers. ... . Dye-sublimation printers.. Which is the most common way to connect a computer to a printer?USB. Most new printers contain a USB port, making the USB cable the most common way to connect a printer to your PC or Mac. Unlike other connectors that contain pins, the USB connector is smooth and either rectangular or square.
What are the two most commonly used printers?The most common types of printers you find on the market are inkjet printers and laser printers. Inkjet printers are commonly sold for home use, while laser printers are more frequently sold to businesses, but both can be used in either environment.
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