We have more than 4000 printers and due to costing we are planning to migrate to other..
Thanks all for your inputs..!!! On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Longnecker, Dennis < [email protected]> wrote: > I did the VPS -> JQP/VVP swap out around 2003. Have about 1500 printers > defined in JQP/VVP. > > I find the support really good with the JQP and VVP products. I tried NPF > first, but the administration would have been really hard for my help desk > people. > > The only reason I did the swap out in the first place was cost. First it > was the cost for CPU upgrades, but I am also seeing savings in the yearly > costs. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 6:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [External Sender] Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment > > Another vote for MacKinney's JQP. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] [External Sender] Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Carroll, William < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Another vote for NPF. I have the same exact situation as Dana. Works > > well. We do CICS , Mainframe, Network, printing all through the same > > devices. Not one issue for over 2 years. > > > > I got NPF working and it did well. However, it was (is still?) hard to > administer. So hard that the VTAM person (we actually still had SNA 3270 > nodes via Visara controllers) decided that it was unacceptable. We went > with MacKinney's JQP. It was easier to administer than NPF (but not as easy > as VPS); reliable (we still use it); and relatively inexpensive. > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > -- > I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove > it. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
