Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) wrote:
My background is mainly JES2 but here at Credit Suisse, we've
got JES3. Our print operators are having problems with some
specific situations. I suspect their handling is not state of
the art.
I vaguely remember how we operated the APF printer from JES2 but
that was more thatn a decades ago. I don't have enough JES3
experience to identify the differences (and what might have
changed since then).
I'd appreciate if some would offer to discuss with me offline.
I have never been a print operator. But, I have operated small printers
using JES3. The commands seemed straightforward enough: various forms of
*CALL, *START, *RESTART, *CANCEL, and *MODIFY. There are hot writers
that are started/stopped by humans and dynamic writers that are
started/stopped automatically by JES3 as eligible output arrives.
Writers have selection criteria you can change and various settings that
control separator pages, etc. For AFP printers, an FSS must be started.
It runs code (printer drivers) provided by the printer manufacturer and
a JES interface to select the output and surface printer status such as
intervention needed. Multiple FSAs can live within a single FSS address
space. Each FSA drives one printer.
JES3-L <at> LISTSERV.UGA.EDU discusses JES3-specific topics. Many of the
people engaged in the discussions there represent *large* installations.
As such, they probably have "armies" of print operators. You might try
soliciting help there as well...
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Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
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