Starting an IP PrintWay functional subsystem (basic mode)

IP PrintWay™ basic mode operates as a JES functional subsystem (FSS), an extension of JES that runs in its own system address space. Before you start an IP PrintWay functional subsystem (FSS) and the functional subsystem applications (FSAs) under its control, your installation must:

• Customize the Printer Inventory Manager.
• Define an IP PrintWay FSS and one or more FSAs under control of the FSS to JES.
• Customize IP PrintWay and create a cataloged start procedure for each FSS.
• Create an FSS definition for some or all IP PrintWay FSSs in the Printer Inventory.
• Create an FSA definition for some or all IP PrintWay FSAs in the Printer Inventory.

These tasks are described in z/OS Infoprint Server Customization.

IP PrintWay uses the configuration information specified in the FSS and FSA definitions when the FSS and each FSA starts. FSS and FSA definitions are optional. If an FSS or FSA definition does not exist in the Printer Inventory, IP PrintWay uses default configuration information.

After these tasks are done, you can enter commands at the operator console to start each IP PrintWay FSA. You do not need to enter a command to start the FSS because JES starts the FSS automatically when you start the first FSA under control of that FSS.

If an FSA is defined with the START=YES parameter on the JES2 PRTnnnnn statement, JES2 automatically starts the FSA when you bring up the z/OS system. JES3 does not support the automatic start option.

To start an IP PrintWay basic mode FSA:

1. Make sure that TCP/IP is started on the z/OS system.

   _______________________________________________________

2. Make sure that the Printer Inventory Manager daemon is started. See Starting and stopping Infoprint Server daemons.

   _______________________________________________________

3. Verify that the printers and print servers are online or started. You can start the printers and print servers after you start the IP PrintWay FSA. However, they should be started before the FSA attempts to transmit data to the printer or server. Otherwise, a TCP/IP error occurs.

   _______________________________________________________

4. Start the IP PrintWay FSA and the FSS by entering this JES2 or JES3 start command:

   JES2: $Sfsa_name[,fsa_name ... ]

   JES3: *CALL WTR,OUT=fsa_name

   Replace fsa_name with one of these:

   • In JES2, the name of the JES PRTnnnn statement. For example: PRT0001.
   • In JES3, the name in the JNAME parameter of the JES DEVICE statement.

   _______________________________________________________