Group, We are running z/OS V1R12 and z/OS V1R13. Currently we print to IP printers using VPS. However JES2 also does 3270 print to high-speed laser printers. The request I was given is to limit print for both IP and 3270 printing. It was a small brain-storm but this is what we came up with:
Opt 1). Convert all print to IP print. Then use VPS exits to work a miracle. Drawbacks? The high-speed laser printers might not be as high speed. Opt 2). New MVS spool only for this big stuff. z/OS V1R13 supports a secondary JES2 spool. For z/OS V1R12 I think I would need a new LPAR to get a new JES2 spool. Drawbacks? NJE would be used to send print from one spool to the other using RACF userid security. Opt 3). z/OS V1R13 also can select jobs to be printed based on the amount of output to be printed in each job and direct the print jobs to appropriate printers. Drawbacks? Looks like you have to use IP PrintWay to do this and we don't have IP PrintWay. Some information came from the "z/OS Infoprint Server Introduction" (S544-5742-11) - What's new in z/OS V1R13. Any comments? Thanks, Dave Dave Hansen Eagan Software Systems Branch 651-406-1208 dave.l.han...@usps.gov -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 8:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Printing limits and userids I can't think of any way to do this natively with JES, VPS, or other exits. The only thing I can think of is to write a batch program to invoke the SAPI interface and take the appropriate action (run on regular intervals). Doc can be found in: z/OS V1R13.0 MVS Using the Subsystem Interface SA22-7642-11 Located here: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2F290/CCON TENTS?SHELF=iea2bkb3&DN=SA22-7642-11&DT=20110617222159 or http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/DOWNLOAD/iea2f290.p df?DN=SA22-7642-11&DT=20110617222159 HTH, <snip> We have a lot of large reports in our MVS spool. Any suggestions on limiting users from printing large reports by their userids, or a way to differentiate between valid print processing and potentially erroneous print processing by report name with JES2? A 50,000 page report may be valid if coming from a production job but may well be in error if generated by a user/programmer. Somehow there would need to be a reference to valid users (userids), valid production jobs, valid printers, and number of pages. The pages may not be correct because the APF information has not been converted. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
