Re: Possible to send a HOLD at PRINTER job from i? -- MIDRANGE-L

I experienced this recently an office that was using "PaperCut" software to
reign in printer costs. Associates would have to scan their badge on a printer
to get access to the printer menu. From there they could then retrieve
their output.

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(Ken Meade via MIDRANGE-L)

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date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 15:25:47 +0000
from: Ken Meade via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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EXTERNAL ]Re: Possible to send a HOLD at PRINTER job from i?

Vern,

Thanks much. I?ve never heard of a ID badge scanner on a printer, so this is all new to me. Going to be doing some investigation into that.
I?ll also take a look at the other info you sent to see if there is anything in there we aren?t already doing/aware of.

Ken

From: VERNON HAMBERG Owner <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ken

I'm not savvy about the whole setup, but output is spooled on a server, not on any printer. I put my company ID badge on a reader on any printer on this floor, maybe others, too. Then I get access to the various functions, including copying, scanning, and printing - I choose printing, and a list of my unprinted stuff is presented, I choose what I want to print, delete if I want to, etc. Nothing has been pushed to the printer until one of us asks for our own stuff.

I think for printing to HP from IBM i, you can set up a network DEVD with DEVCLS *LAN, LANATTACH IP, port 9100, RMTLOCNAME is the IP address - I'm just reporting on something we set up a long time ago.

I think you can also create a remote OUTQ - there's a RMTPRTQ parameter, and for HP it is often 'raw' - here's an article on that detail - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/recommended-remote-printer-queue-rmtprtq-values-remote-output-queues-rmtoutqs

And here's an excellent video on creating remote OUTQs - you might already know this, so this is for the archives - https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/Creating+a+Remote+Output+Queue/1_l8n19j3h

Good luck!
Vern cop