Printing scenarios

z/OS Infoprint Server Operation and Administration

Printing scenarios

z/OS Infoprint Server Operation and Administration
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Printing scenarios

These scenarios describe various situations and indicate how many pages print and the page count that IP PrintWay™ records in the SMF type 6 record. The number of pages that print and the SMF page count depend on where IP PrintWay extended mode tells the printer to restart printing.

IP PrintWay does not resend a print job to the printer

IP PrintWay sends a 200 page print job to the printer. The printer prints without error. If the printer runs out of paper or has a paper jam while it is printing, the printer operator fixes the problem before the IP PrintWay response timeout value expires. Table 26 shows how many pages print and the page count in the SMF type 6 record (field SMF6PGE).

Table 26. Pages printed when no error occurs
When printing restarts at this point	Total pages printed	Page count in SMF record
After last successful page	200	200
Beginning of print job	200	200

IP PrintWay resends a print job to the printer

IP PrintWay sends a 200 page print job to the printer. After printing 175 pages, the printer runs out of paper. The printer has 25 pages stored in its buffer that have not printed yet. The IP PrintWay response timeout value expires before the operator adds paper. IP PrintWay resends the print job to the printer and tells the printer where to restart printing. Table 27 shows how many pages print and the page count in the SMF type 6 record (field SMF6PGE).

Table 27. Pages printed when IP PrintWay retries a print job
When printing restarts at this point	Pages printed before retry	Pages printed when printer is ready	Total pages printed	Page count in SMF record
After last successful page	1-175	176-200 (in buffer) 176-200	225	200
Beginning of print job	1-175	176-200 (in buffer) 1-200	400	375

IP PrintWay resends a failed print job to the printer

IP PrintWay sends a 200 page print job to the printer. After printing 175 pages, the printer runs out of paper. The printer has 25 pages stored in its buffer that have not printed yet. IP PrintWay finishes all retries before the printer becomes ready. IP PrintWay retains the print job on the spool. When the operator releases the print job, IP PrintWay resends the print job and tells the printer where to restart printing. Table 28 shows how many pages print and the page count in the SMF type 6 record (field SMF6PGE).

Table 28. Pages printed when IP PrintWay prints a failed print job
When printing restarts at this point	Pages printed before failure	Pages printed when printer is ready	Pages printed when operator releases job	Total pages printed	Page count in SMF record
After last successful page	1-175	176-200 (in buffer)	176-200	225	175 in record for failed print 200 in record for successful print (See Note.)
Beginning of print job	1-175	176-200 (in buffer)	1-200	400	375
Note: IP PrintWay writes two SMF records for each document. It writes one record when it retains the print job on the JES spool, and it writes another record when it prints the print job again. The SMF6DCI field in each record indicates whether the document finished printing.

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