PSF startup procedures for AFP printers

Before starting a PSF FSS, you must have a cataloged startup procedure in a system procedure library, such as SYS1.PROCLIB. This procedure specifies PSF initialization parameters and libraries that contain system and installation resources. The name of this procedure can be specified in the FSSDEF statement of the JES initialization deck. If the name is omitted, JES3 supplies a default, chosen for the defined printer.

Note: You can define the initialization parameters in the Printer Inventory instead of the startup procedure. Using the Printer Inventory is more efficient than using the startup procedure because when you change parameters in the Printer Inventory, you do not need to restart all the printers in the startup procedure; you only need to restart the printer for which you changed parameters. For more information about using the Printer Inventory, see Using the Infoprint Server Printer Inventory.

Several PSF startup procedures are supplied with PSF. You can modify the startup procedures supplied with PSF or write your own startup. For sample JES2 and JES3 PSF startup procedures, see Sample PSF startup procedures. Publications about the initialization and tuning of JES contain details about procedure libraries.

When you install PSF, you must create or update the required libraries referenced by the startup procedure, and you should consider any need to increase the region size, as specified in the EXEC statement, to accommodate resources and an increased number of printer FSAs.

The startup procedure can also specify defaults that cannot be set with JES initialization statements for printer FSA definitions. For more information about JES defaults, see Defining PSF FSSs and FSAs for printers and How PSF selects resources.