Re: Which Spool Files Actually Printed?

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone for the input.  I had a sudden thought while brushing my 
teeth last night, so here's what I'm trying.

I have created a dataq which I will attach to OUTQs as needed.  This 
means that each time a spool file is created in RDY status a record is 
written to the dataq.  I'm assuming that these spool files will print, 
since the printers are left on overnight.

I have a short RPG program waiting on the dataq which takes the dataq 
data and calls a bound CLLE program that uses the TAATOOL/RTVSPLFA 
command to get me the usrdta, number of pages and number of copies.

I then write the info to a database file.

All my testing worked as expected.  I had it waiting on an OUTQ in IT 
this afternoon and added another OUTQ for overnight.  We'll see how it 
comes out tomorrow.

Sam

On 6/1/2011 10:02 PM, Sam_L wrote:
> Our printing is decentralized. I'm trying to figure out what reports our
> overnight batch jobs create and which ones actually print, with an eye
> to eliminating unnecessary paper usage.