Printing with Ricoh InfoPrint Manager or Ricoh ProcessDirector

IP PrintWay™ can use the LPR protocol to send data sets to these Ricoh products:

• Ricoh InfoPrint Manager for AIX or Windows
• Ricoh ProcessDirector for AIX, Linux, or Windows, V3.0 and later

When processing a file for Ricoh InfoPrint Manager or Ricoh ProcessDirector, IP PrintWay does not convert the input data from EBCDIC to ASCII and does not format it. However, IP PrintWay does add a record length field to each record as the Ricoh products require.

In addition, IP PrintWay sends AFP options, such as the name of the form definition in the LPD control file. IP PrintWay prefixes each option with -o. For a list of the -o option, see Ricoh InfoPrint Manager and Ricoh ProcessDirector options.

To create -o options, IP PrintWay uses values specified in DD and OUTPUT JCL statements or in Infoprint Server job attributes. For example, if the job submitter specifies the FORMDEF parameter on the OUTPUT JCL statement, IP PrintWay creates the -of option in the LPD control file. For some JCL parameters, such as the CLASS and FORMS parameters, keep in mind that JES sets default values.

You can specify one additional -o option in the User options field, which IP PrintWay adds to the LPD control file. To specify more than one option, you must use the Printer Inventory Definition Utility (PIDU) and specify the server-user-options attribute. For more information, see server-user-options.

Tip: The -o options that IP PrintWay creates using values specified in the DD and OUTPUT JCL parameters override the same -o options specified in the User options field (or server-user-options attribute).