Re: Redirecting printer output

["bryan dietz" <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,  Maybe you could look at attaching a DTAQ to a single outq.

You could then have a never ending program receive entries from the the dtaq
and process them as needed.

there are many examples of this around. maybe like this:
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg021104-story02.html

Bryan

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The subject line is kind of misleading.  This is a bit uglier.
>
> The vendor supplied code has been modified to send data to specific remote
> output queues, based on the type of form desired.  The printers are
> Lexmark
> printers that are also being supplied from an HP system.  The printers
> have a
> DIMM chip in them which is used to print the form on plain paper.
>
> The form to be printed is selected by use of a workstation customization
> object
> attached to the remote output queue or, in some cases, the device
> description.
>
> We have the following forms selected, so far: F, FR, M, C, SP, SR.  May be
> other
> - I am not really involved with this mess.
>
> But, I have been involved when the spool file goes to SND status and then
> just
> hangs.  It would be nice to dump the remote output queues and have just
> device
> printing.  At least the operator might receive some form of error message
> when
> things go sour.
>
> Here is what I am wondering:  Would it be possible to send all the form
> types to
> a single device.  As the output gets redirected to the appropriate real
> device,
> the suffix characters would be used to invoke the appropriate
> customization
> object.  So, instead of needing potentially six device descriptions for a
> single IP, the data stream could get routed to the appropriate
> customization
> object through (maybe) an exit point program that could redirect the
> output.
>
> I don't know if a) I have explained the mess well enough, or b) an exit
> point
> exists that would allow this to happen.
>
> Restating the mess:  instead of having six remote output queues, each with
> a
> distinct customization object, is it possible to use a program that could
> route
> the data through the appropriate customization object and then to a single
> output queue?
>
> We have several hundred remote output queues.  Not every printer has all
> of the
> above customization objects, thus not all the output queues are in
> existence or
> are needed.  But, based on random failures, it seems that having hundreds
> more
> devices is not an ideal path to go down.
>
> I will try to look through the InfoCenter, but I am not quite sure what I
> am
> needing to locate - if it even exists.
>
> Thanks
>
> John McKee
>
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