RE: Static/Dynamic TN5250 Device Names

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Ken:

On Sat, 27 October 2001, Ken.Slaugh@cm-inc.com wrote:

> There are no CA/400 printer sessions involved... All these printers are LAN
> attached. The static device descriptions have been changed to target the
> predetermined OutputQ.

It seems that there are two separate issues. First, I'd see if there's a good 
reason to have a specific printer associated with a QPADEVxxxx device 
description. I can't think of any when these are used as dynamic device names. 
I'd be inclined to associate printers with users rather than display devices in 
that case.

> Not everyone on the network, 80%+ of them, needs or wants static device
> names. Especially the IT department who wants as many workstation sessions
> a possible.

Second, I'm not sure I'd want my IT department to use anything but static 
devices. Note that Client Access allows a combination of static and dynamic 
when auto-creating devices. You can tell it to create names with both static 
and dynamic components. Part can be static by workstation or user and part can 
be dynamic as in a new session number when a new device is needed. Best of both 
worlds, as many devices as are needed on demand but with predictable non-QPADEV 
names.

Tom Liotta

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
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