Procedure for specifying attributes

1. Add a printer definition. On the Choose a Definition Type and Protocol panel, select IP PrintWay™ VTAM®. When you select the VTAM protocol, a value that is suitable for the VTAM protocol is automatically displayed in this field:
   • Printer code page: The EBCDIC code page specified in the ebcdic-codepage attribute in the Infoprint Server configuration file (aopd.conf) or in the system configuration definition is displayed.

   Instead of adding a new printer definition, you can either copy or change the protocol in an existing printer definition:

   • If you copy a printer definition, select an IP PrintWay printer definition that uses the VTAM protocol.
   • If you change the protocol type of an existing printer definition using the X function on the List Printer Definition panel, also edit this field on the Processing panel:
     • Printer code page: Specify an EBCDIC code page (such as IBM-1047) because most VTAM-controlled printers expect EBCDIC data.

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2. On the VTAM Protocol panel, specify these fields:
   • Printer LU name: Specify the VTAM network name of the printer. This name must match the name of the VTAM resource definition. For example, the name of the VTAM LU statement or the VTAM LOCAL statement. This field is required.
   • Printer logmode: (Optional) Specify the name of an entry in the VTAM logon mode table. The default is the name specified in the DLOGMOD parameter of the VTAM resource definition statement for the printer.
   • Checkpoint pages: (Optional) Specify the number of pages (0 - 25) between data-set checkpoints. IP PrintWay requests a definitive response from the printer after the specified number of pages. If a printer error or printer intervention situation occurs, IP PrintWay resends all pages that were sent after the last definitive response from the printer. This makes sure that no data is lost. However, duplicate pages, up to the specified checkpoint number, might be printed.

     If a printer error or intervention situation persists after IP PrintWay resends pages from the last data-set checkpoint, IP PrintWay resends all data from the beginning if retries are requested. In this case, more duplicate pages might be printed.

     A value of 0 means that IP PrintWay takes no checkpoints. If an error occurs, IP PrintWay retransmits the entire data set if you have requested retries for the printer.

     If you request frequent checkpoints, printer performance might be adversely affected. If you request less frequent checkpoints, more duplicate pages might be printed. The default value is 5 pages.

   • Send as transparent data: (Optional) Select this field to send data to the printer as transparent data. IP PrintWay precedes transparent data with a transparent data control that contains a 1-byte transparent data character and a 1-byte length field.
     Tip:

     When you select the Send as transparent data field, IP PrintWay always processes data as if the IP PrintWay None formatting option were selected. Therefore, if you select this field, it is not necessary to also select the None option on the IP PrintWay Options panel.

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3. (Optional) On the Processing panel and the IP PrintWay Options panel, specify these fields that control how IP PrintWay formats data for the printer:
   • Transparent data char: (Optional) If you select the Send as transparent data field, specify the transparent data character that you want IP PrintWay to use in the transparent data control. The default character is X'35'.
   • If you do not select the Send as transparent data field, see SCS page-formatting attributes and Using an FCB to format data for information about the fields that control how IP PrintWay creates SCS and DSC/3270 data streams.

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Example

These ISPF panels show how to specify the VTAM protocol in a printer definition.

Use the Add function to create a printer definition. On the Choose a Definition Type and Protocol panel, select the protocol type:

                   Choose a Definition Type and Protocol
 Option ===> 4
   Type             Protocol
 1 IP PrintWay      LPR
 2 IP PrintWay      direct sockets
 3 IP PrintWay      IPP
 4 IP PrintWay      VTAM
 5 IP PrintWay      email
 6 PSF
 7 General
 
 

To display this VTAM Protocol panel, press Enter on the Custom values field for the Protocol section on the main panel of the printer definition.

                               VTAM Protocol
 
 Printer definition name . myprinter        
 Operator security profile
     . . . __________________________________________________________________
 
 Printer LU name. . . P002    
 
 VTAM Processing Options:
    Printer logmode. . . SCS     
    Checkpoint pages . . 5 
    _ Send as transparent data
 
 

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• IP PrintWay uses the VTAM protocol to transmit data sets to the printer with VTAM LU name P002.
• IP PrintWay uses the VTAM logon-mode entry named SCS and requests a definitive response from the printer every 5 pages.