RE: Odd Printer/Print Writer question

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a situation similar to Art's.  Instead of using the same outq, each
remote location is assigned its own outq.  As someone else mentioned, DO
NOT WRKOUTQ on this machine!

When a user dials in, our users start the printer to their outq.  In our
case, we don't automatically start the printer to the Q, although that
would be a logical extension of our procedures.

Because we have no control over which of our multiple lines a user reaches
when they dial in, which controls the terminal and printer devices that
conversation will use, we have a table that matches the line to the printer
device to be used for that line.  When the user starts the printer, the
printer device is automatically filled in; the user just enters the outq
name they wish to use.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com



>We had a similar situation where we had multiple customers dialing into us
>through an ASYNC protocol converter (Andrew DataLynx YUK)
>
>If a customer spooled a report, then hung up the connection before it
>printed, the report was left in the spool file.
>
>If another customer dialed in, the spool file would still be there and they
>could print it.   The reports showed prices, which of course were different
>for each customer.
>
>Art Tostaine, Jr.




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