Re: --- AS400 Printing, Can This Be Solved ??? ---

At 05:36 PM 8/24/00 -0400, you wrote:

I don't have the answer to your question, but what kind of printer is this?

Al




>             Can this be solved?
>
>         We have a printer that has 3 tractors that has one output queue
>         and a writer that is attached and started, one form type for all 
> three
>         tractors.
>
>         What happens is when spool files are created and sent to this
>         output queue, there is a cl that is used to send the appropriate 
> spool
>         file to the correct tractor (drawer).
>
>         This all works fine, BUT we would like all spool files that print to
>         tractor (drawer) 1 to be first, followed by all spool files that
>print to
>         tractor (drawer) 2 to be second.
>
>         What currently happens is any spool file for tractor (drawer) 1
>prints,
>         then switches to tractor (drawer) 2, then switches back to tractor
>(drawer) 1,
>         and so on and so on...
>
>         I don't think you can sort the spool files so all drawer 1's are
>first, or can you?
>
>         Can you associate two output queues to the same writer?  Don't know
>if this is
>         even doable.
>
>         We want to try an eliminate any time spent starting a writer for a
>certain form
>         type, that is why all spool files have the same form type or
>answering a message
>         to change form types, alignments etc.
>
>         We could get a cutter for this printer, but management does NOT want
>to spend
>         any more money.
>
>         This printer is a central printer for our customer service
>department, and management
>         does NOT want everyone to have their own printers.  Printing to this
>printer is done
>         all day, so they need their printouts on demand.
>
>         Any suggestions that we can try would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
>
>
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