Problem detected on JES spool

To determine if the problem is in NetSpool or Print Interface (as opposed to IP PrintWay™), examine the print job on the JES spool. If you detect problems with the print job while it is still on the JES spool, the problem probably is in NetSpool or Print Interface. Such an examination can isolate a number of NetSpool problems such as incorrect formatting or incorrect allocation parameters.

For Print Interface, you can also identify which component sent the data set by looking at the name of the SYSOUT data set. The name of the Print Interface startup procedure appears as the first qualifier of the data set name. The filename appears in the data set name, which is useful when printing from remote systems through Print Interface with the LPR to LPD protocol (aoplpd) or with the Internet Printing Protocol. However, when printing with z/OS UNIX commands, the jobname is the user ID.

Table 7 shows how NetSpool identifies print jobs on the JES spool.