Re: TSPLPRD (Page range tool for RMT PRT) problem.

Dear Roger and Ron,

I recently received some information from an IBM
colleague while researching a remote output queue
perfomance problem.

I had not previously known that there was and is a
significant difference in how the remote output queue
and device description methods of supporting LPR
printing under OS/400 interact with the Host Print
Transform function.

Remote Output Queue
-------------------

1. Contact Target Device Asking Permission to Send a
File

2. Receive permission to commence send operation from
target device

3. Transform Spool File to ASCII 

4. Send file

If the transform process takes a long time, the
connection with the target device will close and the
spool file can become hung in *SND status.

LPR Device Description
----------------------

1. Transform Spool File to ASCII 

2. Contact Target Device Asking Permission to Send a
File

3. Receive permission to commence send operation from
target device

4. Send file

The LPR device description option can therefore be
quite useful for AS/400 and iSeries hosts with limited
memory applied to the *SPOOL process. It typically
prevents the hang problem caused by a timeout
occurring after the receiving device has given
permission to begin sending a file.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx

>date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:07:56 -0500
>from: "Roger Vicker, CCP" <rv-lists@xxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: Re: TSPLPRD (Page range tool for RMT PRT)
>problem.
>
>Ron,
>
>Actually the TSLPRD tool (from IBM) should be just as
>easy and is for devices instead of a remote writer. A
>device has advantages over a remote writer when
>managing them especially if they are shared on the
>network.
>
>http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/0/b3d7c3a57ab8e44c8625688d004f8309?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=5
>
>or for those whose mail reader mangles long URLs
>
>*http://tinyurl.com/6wsv3*
>
>Also, in playing with the existing devices I must
>have used the SETRMTPQ as the PORT parm in CRTDEVPRT
>doesn't affect the destination.
>
>Just on a whim I tried to debug the SETRMTPQ CPP and
>found an otherwise hidden error message about trying
>to use QSYS without authority.
>
>Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding...
>
>Tried it again as a QSECOFR member and =-O   
>surprise. It works now.
>
>Now this is in the archive for the next time I space
>out.
>
>Thanks anyway.
>
>Roger
>
>On 8/31/2004 11:51 AM, ron_adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
>
>>We use the IBM-supplied utility to do this, which
>>sounds MUCH easier to implement.
>>
>>You simply specify the User-Data Transform 
>>(USRDTATFM) to LIBNAME/TSPRWPR
>>
>>for more info, goto:
>>http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/0/584a2dee8678698386256624004b527e?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,page,range
>>
>>
>>Ron Adams
>>Information Technology Group
>>Crane Valves
>>9200 New Trails Dr. Suite 200
>>The Woodlands, TX 77385
>>Office: 281-298-5463 x104
>>Direct: 281-465-3054
>>Cell: 281-216-7721


=====
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Principal Consultant
PDT Consulting

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