Re: Dormant printers

[Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx>]

if you have special printer definitions (Workstation customizing object)
for limited use printing like annual W2's , or remote printing for annual
auditors, etc.
You also appear to assume outqs have same name as printers?
Jim.


On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 2:55 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Of these 46 printers only 2 had any output queue entries.  All were prior
> to the 30 days specified.
>
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> Subject: Dormant printers
>
> Assuming disk is no object and you keep audit journals for a long time,
> And you have spool auditing turned on,
> Do you see any flaws with finding dormant printers by using the following?
>
> SELECT *
> FROM TABLE(QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS('QSYS', '*DEVD'))
>     WHERE OBJATTRIBUTE LIKE 'PRT%'
>     and not exists(
> SELECT *
>   FROM TABLE (QSYS2.Display_Journal('QSYS', 'QAUDJRN',
>             STARTING_TIMESTAMP => CURRENT TIMESTAMP - 30 DAYS,
>             STARTING_RECEIVER_NAME => '*CURCHAIN'
>     ) ) AS X
>   WHERE SUBSTR(OBJECT, 11, 10) = 'QUSRSYS'
>     AND SUBSTR(OBJECT,  1, 10) = OBJNAME
>     AND OBJECT_TYPE = '*OUTQ'
>        )
> ;
>
> I found just under 50 this way.
>
> Rob Berendt
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