Printing from batch applications to network printers

A financial institution wants to use z/OS to develop all of its statements at one central location. It then wants to print bank statements and reports at each of its branch offices throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The printers are in both TCP/IP and SNA networks.

Here is how this financial institution can use the Infoprint Server components and, for SNA printers, the Coaxial Printer Support product to meet its requirements:

1. The financial institution uses a z/OS batch application to generate statements, segment the statements by branch office, and store them in separate files for printing.
2. The application uses job control language (JCL) to submit the files directly to the JES spool.
3. The IP PrintWay™ component transmits the files from JES2 or JES3 to branch office printers in TCP/IP and SNA networks. In TCP/IP, the z/OS® IP security function can encrypt the data. If the printer is in an SNA network, IP PrintWay uses the Coaxial Printer Support product to transform line data to SCS or DSC/DSE format.

Figure 1 shows how Infoprint Server directs batch data to network printers.

Figure 1. Printing from batch applications to network printers