Setting retry values

To request retries, set these fields in the printer definition:

• Retry limit: The number of times that IP PrintWay™ retries a connection or data transmission. By default, IP PrintWay does not do any retries.

  If you request at least 1 retry, IP PrintWay automatically retries the transmission one time immediately after the transmission fails. This automatic retry is in addition to the retries you request. The automatic retry permits the print job to be transmitted when a transmission problem is short-lived. For example, after receiving a print job, some printers do not become ready to receive another print job for one or two seconds.

  The RETRYL parameter on an OUTPUT JCL statement overrides this value.

  Guidelines:

  • Specify a retry limit greater than 0 because some printer errors are short-lived.
  • When you send data to an email destination, do not request retries. This is because errors that z/OS UNIX sendmail reports to IP PrintWay are typically not short-lived and because IP PrintWay would resend emails to the entire list of email addresses, not just to the email address in error.
• Retry time: The amount of time between each retry. By default, IP PrintWay retries immediately.

  Between retries, IP PrintWay basic mode and extended mode continue to select and process other print jobs from the JES spool and transmit them to other printers and print queues. To maintain the correct order of transmission, however, IP PrintWay does not attempt to transmit other print jobs to this printer until it has completed all retries.

  The RETRYT parameter on an OUTPUT JCL statement overrides this value.

This table shows how IP PrintWay retries transmissions when you specify different retry limits and retry times in the printer definition: